I was a salted fish in ancient times

Xiao Shan was also very shocked when he heard this.

He thought the same as the emperor, Mr. Gu's health was indeed not very good, but before that there was no sign of death at all.

Mr. Gu has not been in charge of things in recent years. Except for the occasional meeting with the emperor in the palace, the other matters of the Gu family are basically the two brothers Gu Xuan and Gu Yan.And with his identity, if he feels a little unwell, he will hand over a sign and enter the palace to ask the imperial physician to enter the palace.

The emperor and the empress also feel sorry for him as he is getting older, and they often ask Imperial Physician Su to see him. Speaking of the old man's physical condition, Imperial Physician Su knows best, but he has not heard any hints from Imperial Physician Su .

Otherwise, with Lan Fei's temperament, she would have been unable to tell him.

Hearing that the well-raised Mr. Gu had just disappeared, Xiao Shan was in a daze, why did this person go suddenly.

Does this mean that things are impermanent and fate cannot be forced?

No matter what those who heard the news thought, the Gu family was in mourning, no matter how unbelievable it was, it was already a fact.

Xiao Shan changed into plain clothes, then spoke with Xie Zhui and rode to Gu's house.When he went, white silk had already been put on in front of the Gu residence, and the concierge had also put on a filial scarf.

Seeing Xiao Shan coming, the concierge led him in with red eyes.

Wherever they passed by, everyone in plain clothes and faces mourned extremely, and all the sounds they heard were weeping.

Xiao Shan's heart is not soft, it can even be said to be a bit cold, but he doesn't like to see people cry.Crying, for whatever reason, is not a pleasant thing to do.

Xiao Shan's relationship with the Gu family is not very close, but the Gu family is his natal family after all.

When he was young, he also played at Gu's house, and Mr. Gu also held his hand and told him stories.It's just that when they grow up, they have a tacit understanding with each other because of their identities.

He didn't run here often, and Mr. Gu and others all looked at Xiao Jin, and paid more attention to Xiao Jin.

It's just that he has a weak relationship with the Gu family, not that they fell out.

When Xiao Shan arrived, Gu Xuan and Gu Yan led the juniors of the Gu family to welcome him.

Gu Xuan has been in charge of the Gu family for these years. He is a very calm person, quite like Mr. Gu.At this time, although his eye circles were red, he managed to hold his head up.

As for Gu Yan, he was slightly fat, crying very sadly, his throat was full of dry howls, the tears on his face couldn't be stopped, and his sleeves were half wet from wiping the tears.

Xiao Shan suspects that the reason Lan Fei likes to cry is because he inherited his physique with well-developed lacrimal glands.

Xiao Shan prevented Gu Xuan, Gu Yan and others from going forward to salute him. He came to see Mr. Gu for the last time, so the identity of the prince would naturally be put aside at this time.

Xiao Shan lit the incense, and then he looked at the Gu family members who were full of grief and didn't speak.Mr. Gu has lived for a long time, and the Gu family has a lot of masters alone. To be honest, not everyone standing here is sincerely grieving, and not everyone thinks that they should stand here together.

In the past, Mr. Gu was in the Gu family, but Gu Xuan and Gu Yan did not separate.Now that Mr. Gu is gone, the two brothers have grandchildren, and they will definitely not continue to live together. It is inevitable to separate the family.

Separation is a small matter, and the most important thing now is mourning.

During the mourning period, Gu Xuan, Gu Yan, and the younger men of the Gu family will inevitably withdraw from the court for a few years, and the marriage of the daughter's family will also be delayed for three years.

At that time, someone will definitely take the opportunity to carve up the power of the Gu family in the court, and even deliberately suppress them because no one from the Gu family is in the court. Some things may have been done by the Gu family, and some may not have been done at all.But they were not in front of the emperor for a long time, and it was not easy to argue about anything.

This is not a good thing for Prince Xiao Jin.

It's just that no one can do anything about it, unless the emperor seizes love, but seizing love doesn't mean that you can grab it if you want.

The emperor had to find a suitable reason and use this reason to satisfy all civil and military officials.The most important thing is whether the emperor is willing to seize love.

If people know that Xiao Shan is still thinking about these things in such a sad situation, they will definitely call him greedy and ruthless, which is not a good thing.Fortunately, there is no clairvoyance or mind reading in this world, and he is not Mr. Glass, any thoughts in his mind can be easily seen by others.

When Xiao Shan was thinking about this, Xiao Jin also came.

Xiao Jin also changed into plain clothes and brocade silk. He came all the way on horseback, his hair was a little disheveled by the wind because of his haste.Xiao Jin and Mr. Gu have a good relationship. Mr. Gu taught him a lot of things before he was alive, so Xiao Jin's eyes turned red when he heard about this.

Compared with Xiao Jin, Xiao Shan, who has no expression or red eyes, looks extraordinarily indifferent, and is even more out of place here.

Seeing Xiao Shan, Xiao Jin called out to his third brother.

Xiao Shan saw him staggering and was afraid that he would fall, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

Xiao Jin smiled falsely and said, "I'm fine."

Xiao Shan nodded, let go of him, and silently stepped aside.

When Xiao Jin went to offer incense, he also stopped Gu Xuan and others to salute.When he finished offering incense and comforted everyone, the calmness on Gu Xuan's face dissipated a little. He held Xiao Jin's hand tightly, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and he called out to His Royal Highness the Prince sincerely.

The voice was full of grief and indignation.

Xiao Jinhong held Gu Xuan's hand with eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Father, Queen Mother, and Empress Lan all know about it, and they are very sad. Father ordered me to come and send my great-grandfather off..."

He wanted to say something later, but his throat stiffened, and he couldn't say anything else.

Gu Xuan and the others bowed in the direction of the palace with tears in their eyes to express their gratitude to the emperor, and after getting up, they looked at Xuan and said: "The emperor, the empress, and the empress are thinking about it."

Gu Yan gritted his teeth and cried.

Xiao Jin comforted them again, and then went to the inner courtyard with Xiao Shan.

Don't talk about the juniors, just talk about the Yun family, Jiang family in the inner courtyard, and Mrs. An, who has been living in the mansion, are crying bitterly.

Especially Mrs. An, who cried so hard that she fainted several times and even took two first-aid pills.

She knelt on the ground all the time, and no matter how much others tried to persuade her, she was unwilling to get up.The servants of the Gu family who saw this scene didn't say anything, but they sighed in their hearts that Mrs. An's filial piety was so moving.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Shan turned around, seeing this situation, their hearts were also heavy.

The two of them didn't bother the sad people in the inner courtyard too much. When they returned to the front yard, they passed the water covered bridge in the peach blossom garden.At this time, no one was passing by here, and it was the most quiet, Xiao Jin stood there motionless.

Xiao Shan stood beside him and silently accompanied him.

After a long time, Xiao Jin rubbed his face with his hands, and a small voice came out from between his hands: "Third brother, how could this happen?"

Xiao Shan didn't know whether he was asking about the future situation, or about the death of Mr. Gu.

Xiao Shan thought for a while and carefully organized his words: "Everyone is mortal. My great-grandfather is getting old. Fortunately, there have been no serious illnesses or disasters in these years, and he was not tortured by any illness when he died, and he passed away without pain. Second brother, don't feel too uncomfortable, he loves you the most, and you will make him worry about you if you are too sad, and he will not feel at ease when he leaves."

Xiao Jin rubbed his cheeks again, and rubbed his palms across the corners of his eyes vigorously before letting go.After taking a deep breath, he looked at Xiao Shan and said you, and said nothing else.

They stood for a while, and waited for Xiao Jin to sort out his emotions before they left Gu's residence.

The Gu family is in chaos now. The two princes have stayed there for a long time, and the people who come to visit have to greet them, which is even more chaotic.

After leaving, the members of the Gu family don't have to care too much about the two of them.

On the way back, Xiao Shan said: "Second brother, go and sit in my house for a while before going back to the palace."

For him, Xiao Jin can be Xiao Jin, and he can be sad at will.

Back in the palace, Xiao Jin can only be the prince, and he can't show his happiness or sadness casually.

Hearing this, Xiao Jin hesitated and said: "I won't go this time, my father is still in the palace waiting for me to go back to answer. When I have time later, we two brothers have a good talk."

Xiao Shan didn't force him, and entered the palace with him.Xiao Jin came in a hurry, and the guards didn't bring a few, so he was worried.

Furthermore, he also wanted to enter the palace to comfort Concubine Lan.

After entering the palace, Xiao Jin went to answer the emperor, and Xiao Shan went to Jinglan Palace.

As he expected, Lan Fei was already hoarse from crying.

Cui Shu didn't coax people this time, seeing Xiao Shan, Concubine Lan grabbed him and trembled: "Have you visited Gu Mansion?"

Xiao Shan nodded: "I sent you off for a while, my grandfather and the others are fine, mother and concubine don't need to worry too much."

"How can I not miss it?" Concubine Lan burst into tears, her face full of sadness: "After entering this palace gate, I meet with my family several times a year. Now that my relatives have died of illness, it is a luxury to go to offer incense in person, and I only have The right to cry for a while."

After saying this, she whimpered and cried out.

Xiao Shan did not continue to persuade her.

The death of a family member is always sad, and it is very rude and cruel to persuade a sad person to stop crying.

Instead of this, why not take advantage of the opportunity to let her vent the sadness in her heart.

If I really cry out all the sadness in my heart, it will be fine.

Xiao Shan stayed with Concubine Lan so silently, and he didn't leave until Concubine Lan was so tired from crying.

***

Back to the palace, walked to the backyard, and saw Xie Zhui waiting in front of the door at a glance.

The moment he saw his figure, Xie Zhui rushed up immediately.

Xie Zhui was not good at words, knowing that Xiao Shan must be in a bad mood, so he didn't ask any further questions.

He didn't know what he could do, he just wanted to be with Xiao Shan at this time.

Xie Zhui didn't speak, but Xiao Shan did. He said: "Father, Empress, and Mother Concubine are all sad because of this matter, you send someone to the eldest brother to tell you, don't let the following people get married because of the knighthood. People are too noisy." It's not that he doesn't believe in Xie Chen's character, but mainly because of Xie Chen's realistic conditions.

Xie Chen has just been granted the title of uncle, and he is the most popular person in the capital recently. Because of his in-law relationship, in the eyes of outsiders, Xie Chen is the prince.

Xie Chen was blind and couldn't really see many things with his eyes. If someone in Xie's mansion was blinded by lard and secretly instigated to make a fuss, it would not be a good thing at this juncture.

Xiao Shan understood the emperor's temperament.

The Gu family is special to the queen, to Concubine Lan, and even to the emperor.

The Gu family held a funeral, and the others laughed, which was tantamount to drawing a scar on the emperor's heart, and he might die because of it one day.

Xie Zhui hurriedly said: "Before you came back, I had asked Ji An to go there in person. Unfortunately, the eldest brother's eyes hurt badly, and he was also seriously ill. Now the door has been closed to thank guests, and the servants are not allowed to come in and out at will. "

Hearing Xie Zhui's words, Xiao Shan thought, this is really good.

What he didn't think of for a while, Xie Zhui could think of.The two helped each other and supported each other to move forward.

Xie Zhui saw Xiao Shan smiled at him, it was a light smile, but his eyes were extremely sincere.

Then, Xie Zhui also laughed.

He understood what Xiao Shan hadn't said.

***

The emperor sent someone to ask why Mr. Gu passed away suddenly.Mr. Gu died of aggravated palpitations. He had a sudden onset of illness. After being found out, he hadn't had time to call the doctor in the house, let alone hand over the sign to invite the imperial doctor. He was gone soon.

Before Mr. Gu fell ill, both Gu Xuan and Gu Yan went to visit An, but they didn't find anything wrong with Mr. Gu, and they didn't know why Mr. Gu became ill.

The emperor sighed after knowing this, because it was a sudden attack, it was not easy for him to go to the imperial doctor for trouble.

This is the only way to go.

Mr. Gu was buried on May 26th.

The date was determined by the emperor who ordered Qin Tianjian to calculate it. The empress and Concubine Lan both had people send a lot of things, and the person who carried the coffin for Mr. Gu was the most famous junior of his family.

At the funeral, Xiao Shan and Xiao Jin also went.

Everyone said that Mr. Gu was extremely glorious during his lifetime and after his death.

After Mr. Gu was buried, Gu Xuan and Gu Yan wrote a letter asking for an order from Ding You.Fortunately, the Gu family's ancestral home is in the capital, so there is no need to go to other places.

Gu Yan didn't make any achievements in the officialdom, and he didn't have any particularly big ambitions. Only the fifth-rank official on his body was donated, and his two sons were released as parent officials.

In contrast, Gu Xuan was more highly valued by the emperor. Gu Xuan was in charge of the household department, holding Da Zhou's money bag, and his son Gu Yin was the magistrate in the south of the Yangtze River.

The paper that Gu Yan handed over was quickly approved by the emperor, but Gu Xuan's paper was temporarily kept by the emperor and has not been approved yet.

The emperor was also very tangled.

Mr. Gu still has the title of Duke An, which must be passed on to someone else.

The emperor naturally favored Gu Xuan in his heart.

After getting the news, the two families of Gu's family had different feelings in their hearts.

Gu Xuan's place is naturally both sad and happy, but here in the second room of the Gu family, Gu Yan is very sad, and his wife Jiang Shi is also very sad.

They knew very well in their hearts that with Mr. Gu's departure, there would soon be no place for them in the Gu family compound.

"You try to see your mother." Gu Yan said to Jiang Shi after holding his head sadly.

Seeing that he didn't understand, Gu Yan sniffed and said, "I have something to tell my mother, anyway, I want to meet up anyway."

Mrs. Jiang nodded when she heard this, and she said, "Then I'll find someone to pass a message to the empress."

***

Concubine Lan soon received the news from Jiang Shi, because there was a queen in the palace, Jiang Shi rarely took the initiative to send her any news.Now hearing her say that she was very anxious, Lan Fei couldn't help becoming anxious.

Now that Gu Yan and Jiang Shi are filial, they can't go in and out of the palace at will, and it's not easy for them to meet each other.Let Concubine Lan think of a way for herself, but she really can't think of a good way.

She originally wanted to find the queen, but the queen fell ill, and Concubine Lan went back to Jinglan Palace in a sleepy state.

Ever since she received Jiang's news, Concubine Lan was in a hurry day and night. In the end, her mouth was blistered and she couldn't think of a way to do it, and she also fell ill.

Lan Fei's illness has turned around.

The emperor heard that Concubine Lan was ill, so he went to Jinglan Hall to see her, and when he saw Concubine Lan, she was so sick that she was still crying.The emperor was depressed, and learned from Cuishu that Concubine Lan fell ill because she missed her family. Looking at Concubine Lan, who was washing her face with tears every day, she lost a lot of weight.

The emperor suddenly thought that Concubine Lan had been in the palace for so many years, and she had never looked back to visit her relatives.

Even the queen went back twice.

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't bear it, and opened Jinkou, as long as Concubine Lan recovered from her illness, she was allowed to go back home to visit her relatives.

Concubine Lan heard the good news when she woke up. She hated drinking bitter medicine so much that she could swallow it while crying bitterly.No matter what, it's fine to leave the palace, as long as she can see Mrs. Jiang.

After a few days of careful recuperation by the imperial physician, Concubine Lan's body gradually recovered.

Seeing her recover, the emperor also fulfilled his promise and allowed her to visit home on a good day.

When outsiders saw this situation, they bluntly said that even Ding You of the Gu family would not lose the emperor's favor.

By allowing Concubine Lan to visit relatives at this time, the emperor is telling the world his trust in the Gu family, and at the same time has once again stabilized the position of the prince.

The eldest prince Xiao Rong's face turned green when he heard the news.

He finally waited for an opportunity to suppress the power behind Xiao Jin, but the emperor actually gave the Gu family such a big face.

Isn't this telling him clearly that no matter what he does, it's useless?

On the way, Xiao Shan heard the news that Concubine Lan was ill and took Xie Chase into the palace.

He and Xie Zhui were relieved only after seeing that Concubine Lan had recovered from her illness with the emperor's permission.

The Queen and Xiao Jin were very happy to see that Concubine Lan was recovering from her illness. The Queen knew that Concubine Lan was very affectionate, so it would be good to let her go back home at this time.

What's more, as outsiders said, the emperor gave Lan Fei this kind of grace, and he was giving Xiao Jin a kindness.

The day for Concubine Lan to visit her relatives was soon settled.

The Gu family is now in the filial piety period and has not specially prepared anything, not to mention that the garden where the queen was received in the past is still there, so it is also possible to pack up two non-standard ones to receive Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan spends a lot of time meeting her family, and everything is custom-made.

The day she returned home was very low-key. After meeting the rest of the Gu family, Concubine Lan took the time to talk to Gu Yan and Jiang Shi alone.

Seeing the crying Concubine Lan, Gu Yan knelt down on the ground without saying a word, and he also cried, "Your Majesty, save me."

Concubine Lan turned pale with fright, she was familiar with being rescued, and she had no way to save him.