[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

"And Qionghua and the others..."

Gu Xingchi helped Sister Feng into the carriage, "I have sent people to look for them, and someone will take them back home."

When Gu Xing came late, he rode a horse, and when he returned, he also rode in a carriage with Sister Feng, just in time to talk.

There was a charcoal fire in the carriage, and after a while I felt as warm as spring all over my body.Sister Feng turned her head to look at him and said with a smile: "The words you just said are too impolite. I think the girl of the family is about to cry. The girl of the Xu family must be pampered. I can't stand your words."

Gu Xingchi asked her to sit next to him, and a smile slowly appeared in his eyes, "She's not you, so I'm too lazy to pity her."

"Having said that, she is your cousin after all. According to what she said, you and her are still childhood sweethearts. I, an outsider, can see her friendship for you clearly, so you don't have the slightest bit of embarrassment?"

Gu Xingchi raised his hand to gently pinch her nose, and said viciously: "You know how I feel for you, but you still use this to provoke me on purpose, do you have to see me in a hurry to be reconciled? Next time you dare to talk nonsense, I will never forgive you." you."

Sister Feng quickly grabbed his hand and couldn't help laughing, "I know, I'm just talking casually, I don't dare anymore."

Only then did Gu Xingchi let her go, and then put his arms around her.Sister Feng relaxed her body and mind and slowly leaned on his shoulder, "Shall we go back home now?"

"It's still early."

Sister Feng was a little surprised, she looked up at him, "Where are you taking me?"

Gu Xingchi pressed her into his arms again, "Since I'm out of the house, I naturally want to go shopping and pass the time."

Sister Feng had no doubts about this, and asked again: "You haven't told me, what kind of enmity do you have with the Xu family?"

Gu Xingchi smiled, "Of course I don't have any grudges with the Xu family, but I just hate their selfishness."

Sister Feng's eyes sparkled slightly, she said nothing, waiting for him to continue.

The carriage was driving smoothly, the interior of the carriage was cozy and warm, the street was bustling with people, and there was a faint sound coming into the carriage.

Gu Xingchi was silent for a while, looked at the tassels floating in the car, and said: "Everyone says that the Gu family, as the mother clan of the abolished prince, was spared the danger of annihilation. Bypassing the Gu family in Empress Xu's face. But I don't know that everything is just an illusion, if you can cut the grass and root out, who would like to leave future troubles. "

Sister Feng sighed softly, "Based on our majesty's behavior, we either don't do it, or put others to death at once, so as to avoid future troubles. How could we let the Gu family go?"

Gu Xingchi was silent for a long time, did not answer directly, and started another topic: "You know that when the late emperor was here, the Gu family was one of the most wealthy and noble families in the capital, not inferior to the Xu family at all. Although the Xu family had a state prince at that time, But it has gradually declined. Fortunately, the foundation is still there, and it is hereditary, so it will not decline. But to restore the previous reputation, we need to plan well."

"So the Xu family is interested in His Majesty Duan Wang?"

Gu Xingchi nodded.

Dazed for a moment, Sister Feng shook her head and said: "But I heard that the Xu family and the crown prince were very close at that time, especially the Duke of Xu, who has a very good relationship with the deposed crown prince and the old Marquis of Jing'an, and the deposed crown prince also trusts him very much. They. If the Xu family continues to follow the prince, their benefits will be indispensable in the future, how could they betray the prince and collude with Prince Duan? It is not easy to seek to usurp the throne."

Gu Xingchi sneered, "That's why I loathe them. The abolished prince trusts them so much, but they betray and betray the aborted prince for their own self-interest, disregarding brotherhood, and design to frame the abolished prince, even though they are now the No. [-] nobleman in Dajing, It can't change the fact that they are disloyal and unrighteous. Raising tigers is a problem after all. It's a pity that the abolished prince is too scheming and didn't realize the wolfish ambitions of the Xu family. Although they are kings and losers, the methods of the Xu family are really embarrassing. Furthermore, if wealth and wealth are sought in danger, if you don’t let go and take a chance, how can the Xu family have the merits of following the dragon later.”

Sister Feng smiled, "Yes, it's good to rely on the prince, but after all, the Gu family is the mother family of the prince. If one day the prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor, the Gu family will be the most beautiful. What can the Xu family get? How to get past the Gu family? For the future of the Xu family, it is the best choice to support a prince on the throne. But why is your mother involved?"

"As I said just now, it is not easy to abolish the crown prince, and the late emperor would not abolish the crown prince casually. Moreover, the late emperor attached great importance to the concubine, even if the crown prince's qualifications are mediocre, as long as he did not make any serious mistakes, he would not abolish the crown prince. The prince's. The Xu family will not bet all their chips on what might happen, so they secretly colluded with Prince Duan, but on the surface they still followed the prince."

Sister Feng realized, "So the Xu family married their two daughters to Duanwang's Mansion and Jing'an Hou's Mansion respectively? But just now in Xu's family, I heard vaguely that your mother married into Gu's family voluntarily."

"Yes, it is indeed voluntary." Gu Xingchi said mockingly, "The whole capital knows that mother insists on marrying into the Gu family. Father didn't expect that mother would suddenly change her mind. He was almost ecstatic, and it didn't take long. I asked someone to go to the Xu family to propose marriage."

Sister Feng said softly: "From what you said, your mother didn't care for Old Hou Ye at first? Why did she suddenly change her mind?"

Gu Xingchi lowered his eyes, "I remember telling you that she chose to marry into the Gu family because of a dispute between emotions."

"So that's the case, the Xu family has a good plan." Sister Feng thought for a moment and said, "Those who make big things don't care about small things, let alone a mere daughter?"

She guessed that it was probably because the second daughter of the Xu family and King Duan had a mutual agreement in the beginning, but for some reason, King Duan married the eldest girl of the Xu family.Miss Xu Er was angry in her heart, and she married Jing'an Hou who admired her for a moment.Marquis Jing'an knew that she belonged to her but he didn't expose it, and Prince Duan couldn't forget her. This is why Empress Xu didn't like Gu Xingchi.

When Sister Feng told her conjecture, Gu Xingchi smiled lightly, "There is some truth to what you said."

Sister Feng said again: "As long as the purpose of marriage is achieved, any daughter will marry Duan Wang. Why is it Empress Xu?"

Gu Xing slowly pursed his lips, and brushed her hair with his fingers, "Well, I'm going to ask the Queen and Your Majesty about this."

Sister Feng was taken aback, could it be that Empress Xu used some means to marry Emperor Tianshun?If so, does the emperor know?Or if you know it, you will make a mistake?

She wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly she heard the neighing of the horse, the carriage swayed a few times, and then stopped.

Sister Feng frowned, "What happened?"

"Go back to Madam, there is a girl who stopped the carriage." The coachman said.

Sister Feng and Gu Xingchi looked at each other, and then opened the curtain of the car.

Seeing the people outside the carriage, Sister Feng was surprised, isn't this Tweet who is beside Madam Jiang?

"Tweety, what happened in such a hurry?"

Tweet was originally going to the Gu family to look for Sister Feng, but she unexpectedly ran into the Gu family's carriage here, and Sister Feng was indeed inside.

"Eldest Miss, madam, please go back to Wang's house as soon as possible, Second Miss, she..."

Seeing her anxious expression, Sister Feng hurriedly said, "Get in the carriage first, and talk while walking."

Gu Xingchi held her hand, "Don't worry, I'll go back to Wang's house with you."

Suddenly, she felt relieved a lot, nodded, "Okay."

Along the way, Sister Feng was shocked and speechless when she heard what happened to the Wang family from Cui'er.

Cui'er said: "I shouldn't have called you home in a hurry, but the master is not at home, and the wife is the only one who is in charge of the house, and there is no one who can discuss it. Madam thought, you have always had ideas, so tell me I came to invite you, I thought you hadn't come back from the banquet, but luckily I met you on the way."

Sister Feng became more and more anxious and urged the driver to hurry up.

"Xihe is my younger sister. If something happened to her, I will naturally go back. But I have invited a doctor. How is my sister now?"

Tweety said: "It's not life-threatening, but it's still in a coma."

The carriage stopped in front of the Wang Mansion, Gu Xingchi jumped out of the carriage first, and then helped Sister Feng get off the carriage.Sister Feng didn't say much, and walked quickly into Wang's house, and arrived at Wang Xihe's courtyard in a short while.

The room was in turmoil, and many maids and mothers were crowded. When they saw Sister Feng arrived, they hurriedly made way.

When Sister Feng got to Wang Xihe's bed, she saw Mrs. Jiang wiping away her tears.

Sister Feng opened the curtain, and saw a pale little face exposed outside the quilt, her hair was damp, and it seemed that it was still steamed.

Mrs. Jiang raised her head and wiped her tears, "You are here, your sister..."

Sister Feng comforted softly: "Auntie, don't worry too much, the doctor said that life is not in danger, maybe it will be fine if you just sleep for a few days." Speaking of this, her eyes swept over the servants, "It's just not Do you know how my sister fell into the water?"

Mrs. Jiang felt distressed and angry at the same time, "This child is too disobedient. As I said, she will be out of the cabinet after the next year. I told her to stay at home and not run around, but she just didn't listen to me. No Imagine that this would happen."

Sister Feng said: "Auntie, don't be angry. My sister is young and always has a temper. There are also moments of negligence."

Even though she said so, she was always uneasy in her heart, feeling that this matter was not that simple.

Mrs. Jiang shook her head, "If she is half as mature and stable as you, I don't have to worry about her all the time. With her like this, how can I rest assured that she will marry?"

"Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the date of Xihe's marriage has been set. During this period of time, she has been bored at home learning the rules. Why did she come out of the house today?"

Mrs. Jiang understood Wang Xihe's temperament, so she didn't have any doubts in her heart, she just thought she couldn't get bored, so she quietly slipped out of the house.

But Sister Feng felt that something was wrong and asked, "Who will follow the second girl when she leaves the house today?"

She knew who the big girl Wang Xihe used to be around was, so she asked.Sure enough, Bihe and Ningyan came forward and saluted Sister Feng.

Mrs. Jiang knew what Sister Feng was thinking, and said: "I asked them. This time, Xihe insisted on leaving the mansion again, and they both had no choice but to follow. However, they fell into the water somehow."

Indeed, every time Wang Xihe wanted to leave the mansion, the girls around him had to persuade him, and if he couldn't persuade him, he could only follow him.After a lot of times, everyone got used to it, and they took it for granted that Wang Xihe fell into the water because he was too capricious and had little to do with others.

But Sister Feng didn't intend to let the two of them go.

She stood up and walked in front of the two of them, "Auntie was too worried about the second girl's body, so I forgot to ask you. Now that I'm here, I can't ignore it."

Everyone was excited and looked up at Sister Feng.

Seeing that Sister Feng's face was still calm, but her eyes were cold, she questioned: "Bihe, Ningyan, you have been serving the second girl for many years, don't you know how to serve the master? The second girl is messing around, you don't know how to stop it That's all. But since I went out with her, why didn't you take good care of her? Now that the second girl has fallen into the water, don't you have the responsibility for not taking good care of her? Don't tell me, the two of you can't take care of a little girl. "