"It's just because of a woman's rise to power. How can there be any family tradition?"
Gu Yuan said calmly, it was not difficult to hear his disdain for the Jiang family from his words.
To explain why he hates the Jiang family so much, we must also consider that in recent years, the Jiang family has relied on the influence of the imperial concubine and the sixth prince to seek personal gain, and they have resorted to any means to win over people's hearts.
Even the army has a lot of moths infiltrated into it.
If this continues, the country will be in serious trouble.
Several people quite agreed with his words. They didn't need to tell them what the Jiang family was like. All the aristocratic families in Beijing knew about it.
It's just that Concubine Jiang is so popular now that they can only avoid the spotlight for the time being, or even make excuses.
Several brothers left one after another, and only two brothers, Gu Shu and Gu Yuan, were left in Baoxia. Only then did the former ask about Jiang Shanshan.
"...You are not a nosy master, are you really just interested in the information in her hands?"
Gu Yuan looked indifferent, "Brother, do you think there is anything else?"
"It's not that I think it's my brother's opinion, it's His Highness who says so. If it's really nothing, it doesn't make sense."
As he said that, Gu Shu thought of something, "By the way, you went to the Jiang family to celebrate her birthday before. Could it be that you met her at that time?"
Gu Yuan paused and did not deny it.
There was a smile in Gu Shu's eyes. Although he didn't know exactly what happened, looking back, he knew his brother's dark face after returning home that day.
He thought he had offended him by pushing this matter onto him, but now it seemed that there were some interesting things in it that he didn't know about.
However, due to his brother's face, he did not ask him face to face, patted him on the shoulder, left a specious sentence, and stood up to leave.
Gu Yuan was silent, too lazy to pay attention to him.
On the way back to the courtyard, he looked up at the sky and was thinking about whether to send someone to the other courtyard to have a look, when he saw Mother Xu standing at the door of the courtyard.
Seeing him coming, he hurried forward to greet him and said, "Greetings to the Third Young Master, my wife is waiting for you at the front. Come in quickly!"
"Why did mother come here?" Gu Yuan was a little confused, but he quickened his pace.
In the next room, the Duke's wife was sitting on the Kang, and beside her was the maid who was beating her legs. When she saw him coming in, the maid didn't need to give any orders, she got up, bowed and left quietly.
"Mother!" Gu Yuan said politely.
"I'm back, come sit here!" Ms. Li straightened up, her face looking a little tired.
"My mother is so tired from hosting the middle school. If anything happens, I can just send someone to call her. There is no need to come in person."
With that said, Gu Yuan poured a cup of tea and served it.
Mrs. Li paused and then said, "I do have something I want to ask you."
"Mother, please speak!"
"That Miss Jiang..."
"Mother, Miss Jiang and I are really... innocent and have done nothing dirty."
Mrs. Li smiled when she heard this and said comfortingly: "Mother understands. Mother just wants to see that girl. I heard she is a hard-working girl. Why don't she take her to the house to walk around some other time."
As she said that, she remembered something, "Is there a younger brother? The two siblings are in trouble."
Gu Yuan was a little curious as to why his mother paid attention to the Jiang siblings, but considering her unpredictable temperament, he didn't ask much.
"In a few days, Miss Jiang's brother will come to deliver the paintings, so we can let them come together."
After receiving the reply, Mrs. Li nodded with satisfaction. Seeing that it was getting late, she didn't want to stay any longer. She told him to rest early and left with the others.
Jiang Shanshan, who had been trapped in the other courtyard for three days, had no choice but to write a letter to his brother to assure him that he was safe.
By the way, the jade pendant was also given away.
It was Ah Wu who delivered the letter. Although he was reluctant, he had received orders from his master and was not allowed to do these things well.
But he was stopped as soon as he went out. After seeing the people in the carriage clearly, he knelt down and saluted, "Young man, I have seen Madam. Please give my regards to Madam!"
"Get up!" Ms. Li sat in the carriage and stared at his arms, "What did Miss Jiang ask you to give away?"
Ah Wu was stunned for a moment, "This..."
He didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Madam is also thinking about the Third Young Master, and it's just for checking, so don't worry." Xu's mother said from the side.
Now that he said that, he naturally didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he had to take it out.
Mother Xu took it and presented it to Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li touched the envelope, thought about it, toasted it with the spare fire folding bag in the car, and opened the envelope easily.
She didn't read the content of the letter, but when she picked up the jade pendant, the expression on her face was already unbearable.
Xu's mother called out worriedly, "Madam?"
Ah Wu didn't dare to look up and couldn't see her expression, so he could only wait.
After a long time, the resealed envelope was handed back. Awu took it and left with a sigh of relief after knowing that Xu's mother confirmed that there was no problem.
In the carriage, Mother Xu came in and called out, "Madam, that jade pendant..."
As an old man who has served her for decades, he is naturally no stranger to her.
"That's right, it's Master's handiwork."
Li said in a low voice.
Mother Xu was slightly startled, and she started to make speculations for a while, but she didn't see anyone to confirm her identity, so everything was just speculation after all.
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In the Jiang family, Jiang Mingxuan looked at the envelope in his hand and frowned slightly.
When he saw the letter inside, he breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression still showed no joy.
Taohong looked at her and curled her lips, "I'm just telling you! He must be fine, but you are so worried."
As she said that, she picked up the jade pendant. No material could be seen. It looked like jade but not jade. It was completely black but had an excellent luster. There was a Chinese character "Xuan" engraved in the middle.
It was obviously for Jiang Mingxuan, so she conveniently put it on his waist.
"Don't tell me, this jade looks quite impressive when worn."
After Jiang Mingxuan read the letter, his eyes touched the cat's head under the corner of the letter and he couldn't help but curl his mouth. After hearing Tao Hong's words, he lowered his head and looked at the jade pendant hanging on his waist.
After thinking about it, I took it off and put it away.
"Hey, why did you put it away?"
"This thing is not suitable for people to see for the time being." Thinking of Sister's instructions in the letter, he said: "You are not allowed to talk about it to others."
Although Taohong didn't understand why, she was not a fool and nodded in agreement.
"Then are you willing to use those bedding and clothes now?"
Jiang Mingxuan paused and glanced at her.
Taohong had already consciously put on new clothes, and the bedding in the room had also been replaced with new ones.
Don't mention it, I have to spend these two days moisturizing and moisturizing as much as possible.
After acquiescing to her words, Jiang Mingxuan didn't care about her anymore.
At the same time, word gradually spread outside that the adopted brother and sister of the Jiang family were extremely talented. At only fourteen years old, he had considerable attainments in calligraphy and painting.
What is even more commendable is that the poems and songs are also amazing.
"...We are like worn-out shoes that will never reach the sky."
This was the murmur from a poor student, but it fully explained the current situation.
Today's imperial court is no longer what it used to be, with sycophants in power, traitorous concubines and concubines, and countless students who have failed to achieve their goals and died in depression.
Jiang Mingxuan's poems contain precisely this point, which has aroused a lot of resonance.
In this way, even if he has never shown his face, he will still have an impression in others' minds.
Although it's only a small part.
Gu Yuan threw down the collection of poems in his hand and said with a calm expression: "There is indeed some talent and learning, but it's just empty talk."
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