259 The Evil
"Yo." Gu Yanfei's face was filled with surprise, and his eyebrows were flying and his eyes were whispering softly, "It's interesting."
She just talked to herself, her voice was not loud.
But Gu Yuan's ears were sharp, and after hearing it clearly, he asked, "What's interesting?"
Gu Yanfei smiled but did not answer, and a pair of shallow dimples bloomed. He picked the tender yellow forsythia on the branches with his hands, and turned it around casually between his fingers.
Gu Yuan asked casually, but he didn't worry about it. He immediately said to himself: "Sister, after the second house moves away, the house will be empty. I plan to lock half of the courtyard..."
The house they live in is given by Emperor Taizu when he was granted the title of title, and is in accordance with the marquis' regulations.
The emperor did not take back his house because of his title and let them continue to live here, but they also had to make some attitude.
Gu Yanfei knew that his elder brother was just chatting with her, so he responded casually.
The brother and sister were talking casually, saying that he planned to transfer Wutong's father back to the mansion, and that Madam Zhuang's injury was almost healed, and also planned to ask her to come to the mansion to help Gu Yanfei, and said that he planned to repair Chenghuiyuan a little...
The two of them walked along the way and talked all the way, and came to Yimen.
Gu Yuan has been busy with errands recently. Today he took a half-day leave to divide the family. Now everything is time to go back, and he plans to go back quickly.
Unexpectedly, in addition to his beloved horse, a black painted flat-headed carriage was parked at the Yimen Gate.
Gu Yuan recognized this at a glance that this was her sister's carriage. Seeing that she was going out, he smiled and said, "Sister, I'll give you a ride."
"Okay." Gu Yanfei was not polite with his elder brother at all, "I made an appointment with Jiao Niang to go to Shuijinglou to watch the show, and it was just the way."
Gu Yanfei and Wei Jiaoniang agreed that she would never go to Tianyin Pavilion again. Wei Jiaoniang found another newly opened theater, and the two made an appointment to go to the show today.
Gu Yuan also knew about Shuijinglou and smiled and said, "Shuijinglou's opera is good."
Gu Yuan felt that girls of her younger sister should go out for more walks, instead of staying in Yuheng Garden every day, who is less fond of going out than her cats.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the brother and sister went out of the carriage, they met Wei Jiaoniang's personal maid.
"Magpie?" Gu Yanfei lifted a corner of the curtains of the carriage.
The magpie bowed to Gu Yanfei in the carriage and said embarrassedly: "Miss Gu Er, my ninth girl caught a cold last night and was detained in the house by the prince's wife. She was not allowed to go out."
"The girl asked me to come and talk to Miss Gu Er, saying that I will ask you to go out for fun next day."
Gu Yanfei had nothing to do, so he said, "Then I'll go see her."
Gu Yuan sent his sister a ride, and the magpies followed behind in the carriage from the Duke's Mansion.
Although Gu Yanfei visited without a complaint, everyone in the Duke's Mansion knew that she had a good relationship with her ninth girl, and the doorman respectfully welcomed the person in the door.
The maid in green first led Gu Yanfei to the main courtyard to greet the Duke of Wei, leading the person to the quiet and elegant Zuoshi.
"Yan Fei, you are so kind." A cheerful smile appeared on the heroic face of the Duke of Wei. When he smiled, a few wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes, softening her slightly tough contour.
She had heard from the maid and knew that Gu Yanfei came to visit Wei Jiaoniang specifically.
Gu Yanfei smiled generously and said calmly: "I'll come to see Jiao Niang and I'll treat you to peace."
Not only was the wife of Duke Wei in the room, but there were also others.
Sitting at the bottom was a beautiful woman in her thirties, with her oval face, crescent eyebrows, willow leaves, and beautiful appearance.
The beautiful woman wore a red begonia garlic with a frosty white silk stand collar inside, paired with a white long skirt with long threads, and a pair of dragonfly slippers under the hem of the skirt, making her look elegant and noble.
In addition to the beautiful woman, there are two children, one man and one woman, both of whom are six or seven years old. Both children have fair skin, fine jade, and very beautiful, but their personalities are very different. The boy is arrogant and the girl is quiet.
"Yan Fei, this is the twelve aunt of the girl. You have never seen her before..." The Duke of Wei smiled and introduced her to both parties.
Only then did Gu Yanfei realize that this noble and beautiful woman was Wei Wan, the youngest sister of Duke Wei Guo, and the wife of Marquis of Ji'an.
And this pair of children are a pair of twins under Mrs. Hou’s knees, named Xu Luo and Xu Yao.
After Gu Yanfei saw Wei Wan, the twins also stepped forward together, shoulder to shoulder, and gave Gu Yanfei a gift.
The beautiful twins are about four or five minutes alike. They wear the same color of water-blue clothes. When they stand together, they are as beautiful as the boys and girls under Guanyin's seat.
Gu Yanfei smiled and put a purse of golden seeds for the twins as a meeting gift. The girl said, "Thank you sister" and took it obediently. The boy pursed his lips and reached out to take the purse silently.
From his wide cuffs, Gu Yanfei could see the blood-red scars on his fair wrists, like whip marks and iron chain marks, which disappeared deep into the cuffs.
Gu Yanfei glanced at Xu Luoduo twice, his delicate eyebrows frowned slightly, and soon looked away as if nothing had happened.
The Duke of Wei liked Gu Yanfei very much, and he smiled and pulled her hand and said, "Yan Fei, don't worry, the girl is not seriously injured. She just got a blow-off last night and was infected with the cold."
"You talk about her later. It's the first month of the year, and she doesn't close the windows when she sleeps at night."
The Duke of Wei made fun of his granddaughter for a few words, and then kept Gu Yanfei talking for a while, then instructed the maid to take Gu Yanfei to Wei Jiaoniang's place in person.
After Gu Yanfei left, Wei Wan asked the wife of Duke Wei with a little excitement and said, "Sister-in-law, I heard that the eldest brother vomited blood in Tianyin Pavilion last time, and it was also saved by this second girl Gu, right?"
Her eyes were extremely bright, and she had heard of Gu Yanfei saving the eldest princess at Chengtian Gate. However, she didn't expect that this second girl Gu was so young and had not even reached the end of her life, which made her feel a little unbelievable for a moment.
"Yes." The Duke of Wei nodded and said with great appreciation, "Yan Fei is a good person, and he is open-minded. He is worthy of being the daughter of the general."
Wei Wan thought about it, looked at the boy sitting next to him playing with the Nine Series, and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, do you think I want to ask Miss Gu Er to show Brother Luo?"
Xu Luo lowered his head and played with Jiulian. Xu Yao leaned over to his brother and watched him play, and asked him flatteringly: "Brother, are you eating candied fruit?"
Xu Luo seemed to have never heard of it, playing with his nine series on his own.
The Duke of Wei frowned, stared at Xu Luo for a while, and lowered his voice, leaned into Wei Wan's ear and said, "Brother Luo is not well yet?"
"Not good." Wei Wan shook her head sadly, with a slightly red corner of her eyes. "And it's even worse. I looked like I was hitting evil... I was so worried that I couldn't sleep for several nights."
Wei Wan said the more she frowned, and her hands unconsciously rubbed the handkerchief.
"You said it earlier. I asked Yan Fei to help Brother Luo just now." The wife of Duke Wei also showed a look of worry.
Her sister-in-law married into Ji'an Hou for many years, and she had only these two children, so she naturally regarded the only legitimate son as a treasure.
"..." Wei Wan looked outside hesitantly, feeling a little regretful.
The Duke of Wei clapped her hand, who was afraid of her, and comforted her softly, "In a while, let's go to Jiao Niang's place together."
"However, Yan Fei is a guest. If Yan Fei is unhappy, don't force him. Next time, I will accompany you to the Gu family and I to come to the Gu family in person."
Wei Wan was the wife of the Duke of Wei who grew up and said she was a sister-in-law. In fact, she felt a bit of affection for the eldest sister-in-law like a mother. She was always convinced by what the eldest sister-in-law said and responded repeatedly: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I know."
The Duke of Wei asked the nanny to prepare some refreshments that the girl loved.
When the refreshments came, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law brought the food box and the pair of twins. They surrounded by servants and went to Wei Jiaoniang's yard.
The maid hurried to report that there was laughter and joy in the inner room. Two girls with similar intentions gathered together and there was endless things to say.
As the wife of Duke Wei Guo said, Wei Jiaoniang just suffered a little cold at night, she was very energetic, and she kept talking like a sparrow in her mouth:
"...The book is so wonderful. I originally wanted to read it for an extra hour before I could sleep, but I accidentally saw the time when the rooster crowed."
"Yan Fei, do you want to see it? You can take it back and watch it slowly."
"I have a full bookshelves here. You can pick it up and take it at will."
Wei Jiaoniang said generously, wishing Gu Yanfei could move all these words away, thinking that they could talk about the words she liked next time.
At this time, the maid brought in the curtain and reported that the Duke of Wei and the others had arrived.
Wei Jiaoni was slightly stunned, a little surprised how her grandmother and her twelfth aunt came.
The Duke of Wei asked the maid to serve the refreshments she prepared.
I knew that there were distinguished guests on the kitchen and chose a petal-shaped plate. Each piece of "petal" was filled with exquisite snacks, such as Poria cake, date cake, silk sugar, dragon beard crisps, ice rice cake, flower cake, osmanthus cake, etc.
Wei Jiaoniang greeted Gu Yanfei with snacks and told her which one was crispy, which one was sweet, which one was soft and glutinous, which one was salty and fresh…
After Gu Yanfei used some snacks, the wife of Duke Wei asked someone to take Xu Yao to the next house to play, and then he expressed his meaning:
"Yan Fei, my sister-in-law only has this pair of legitimate children, and she regards them as treasures. Recently, Brother Luo has somehow seemed to be in a bad mood. I want to ask you to help me..."
The Duke of Wei only said this, and then he gestured to Wei Wan with his eyes to say it.
Wei Wan's brows frowned and said in a deep voice: "He doesn't know where he got 'dirty', and hey!"
"Brother Luo, come here." She simply called her eldest son Xu Luo over and ordered her wet nurse to help him with clothes.
The wet nurse carefully loosened his outer robe a little, pulled down her robe and middle robe, revealing her thin back.
The boy's fair back was covered with a large piece of blood-red scar, shaped like a hideous and distorted face, occupying most of his back.
Chapter completed!