Gu Yan got off his horse at the second gate of Bieyeye, walked forward quickly, and went straight to the study yard.
In the courtyard of the study, Prince Rui's confidant Chang Ping sat in the gatehouse, sipping a bowl of osmanthus soup.
"The prince is here." The boy on duty in the study courtyard reached out and announced. Chang Ping hurriedly put down the soup bowl, straightened his clothes, and greeted him at the door of the concierge with his hands lowered.
Gu Yan didn't stop, glanced at Chang Ping and said: "Come in and talk."
"Yes." Chang Ping followed Gu Yan closely and entered the side room.
"What happened?" Gu Yan looked at Chang Ping, who was dressed in the official uniform of a royal official.
Hearing that Chang Ping had brought a letter from his father, he rushed back immediately. Chang Ping was one of his father's closest confidants, and his father would not let him come to deliver the letter unless it was an extremely confidential matter.
"The prince only asked me to deliver a letter, and he told me to hand it to the prince himself. Everything is well in the palace, and everything is well in the capital." Chang Ping answered while taking out a small copper tube from his arms.
, held it to Gu Yan with both hands.
Gu Yan took it and looked at it carefully. He squeezed the copper tube with his fingers hard and the sealing paint cracked. Gu Yan poured out the paper roll in the copper tube, looked at it once, stayed for a moment, sighed, and opened it.
Smoker, watch the paper roll burn to ashes, put back the smoker cover.
"Go back and tell Dad that I understand and reassure him. You can rest for the night and rush back as soon as possible." Gu Yan ordered Chang Ping.
"Yes."
Watching Chang Ping go out, Gu Yan walked to the door with his hands behind his back and looked up at the gray sky. After a while, he lowered his head, left the wing, and walked out slowly.
Gu Yan walked out of the courtyard and out of the shooting place. He roughly thought about the arrangements he was going to make. He walked faster and waved to Shi Gun, "Go to my uncle's house."
"Yes." Shi Gun agreed, hurriedly assigned all the boys to prepare horses, and hurriedly went to the Weixue Government to tell him.
The Wei family had an early dinner. At this moment, the Wei family had just finished dinner. Mrs. Fu was sitting in the Nuan Pavilion, looking at the spring scenery outside the Nuan Pavilion, enjoying the rare leisure time.
These days, Li Xiaonan is giving lectures at Fu Xue, and the prince is also in Hangzhou. It is also an eventful time in the early Spring Festival, so she is busy from morning to night almost every day.
"Madam, Madam!" A woman walked in quickly, "The concierge came in with a message, saying that the Crown Prince would be here soon, and nothing happened."
Mrs. Fu was stunned. What was he doing here at this time?
"Madam, madam!" Another woman rushed in, "The prince is here!"
"Please come in quickly!" Mrs. Fu ordered, quickly stood up and went out to welcome us.
What happened? It’s so urgent at this time!
Gu Yan walked very quickly. As soon as Mrs. Fu stepped down the steps, Gu Yan had already entered the courtyard gate.
"Why are you here in such a hurry?" Mrs. Fu blurted out a question, then smiled quickly and said: "Have you had dinner?"
"I was a little impatient, please forgive me." Gu Yan bowed slightly.
"What's wrong with this? Come in and talk quickly. You haven't had dinner yet?" Mrs. Fu smiled.
"Let's take a look at the scenery in this Nuan Pavilion." Gu Yan went into the Nuan Pavilion.
Mrs. Fu was behind Gu Yan and couldn't help but look at it from top to bottom.
There's something wrong with him acting like this. What happened?
Gu Yan entered the Nuan Pavilion and did not sit down. He stood in front of the window facing the spring scenery of the courtyard. He did not look at the scenery. He looked at Mrs. Fu and said with a half-smile, "I just received an urgent delivery from Feng Jingcheng."
"Huh?" Mrs. Fu looked at Gu Yan's expression and felt a little erratic.
"Has aunt told grandma about grandma?" Gu Yan glanced sideways at Mrs. Fu.
"Huh?" Mrs. Fu was shocked, "Does your grandma know? The express delivery from Beijing is your grandma's letter? I never told your grandma this."
"I have discussed this plan with my aunt. If I know it and my aunt knows it, who else can be involved?" Gu Yan looked very resentful.
"Auntie really didn't tell your grandma this."
"Who is that? Uncle? Have you told uncle?" Gu Yan still looked at Mrs. Fu sideways.
"Your uncle..." Mrs. Fu was tongue-tied. It seemed that it could only be his uncle! She really shouldn't have told him so much!
"What did your mother-in-law say?" Mrs. Fu changed the subject.
"What can you say? You're urging me to get engaged." Gu Yan shook open the folding fan and put it away again, looking extremely troubled.
"What are your plans?" Mrs. Fu asked tentatively.
"Let Fourth Sister accompany A'nan to the capital and start as soon as possible." Gu Yan looked troubled.
"What about you?" Mrs. Fu asked.
"I have an errand... Can't uncle correct his habit of talking too much?" Gu Yan looked full of resentment.
"The matter is over. You have to go back. If you don't go back, who will Miss Li entrust to you?" Mrs. Fu quickly pulled her back to talk about business.
"I'll think of a way. Please talk to uncle! I'm leaving!" Gu Yan turned around and left in an extremely unhappy tone.
Mrs. Fu chased for a few steps, stopped, stayed for a moment, and waved to a woman: "Send someone to ask the master to come back quickly! You can really cause trouble!"
Gu Yan left the Wei Mansion and ordered Shi Gun: "Please ask Miss Li to go to Bieye to talk and tell her that she has something urgent. Let her use the fourth lady's car, and then tell the fourth lady to come back. Her mother-in-law has something urgent to do with her." Shi Gun agreed and quickly made arrangements, while Gu Yan went straight back to leave his job.
Li Xiaonan followed Wan Qing and hurried all the way. When she entered the courtyard of the study room, she was sweating all over her body.
"What happened?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan, who looked at ease. He didn't look like anything was wrong.
Gu Yan motioned to the boy who came in behind Li Xiaonan.
"You haven't eaten yet? Eat first. They are all your favorite dishes."
"Is everything okay? Just eating?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan suspiciously.
"If you have something to do, let's eat first." Gu Yan took the hot handkerchief and wiped his hands.
Li Xiaonan wiped her hands, sat down, and glanced at Gu Yan from time to time while eating. Gu Yan looked normal, but she always felt that something was wrong with him.
The meal was eaten quickly. The dishes were removed and Shi Gun made tea and served it. Li Xiaonan stretched her head and looked outside. It was already dark outside.
"Is something really wrong?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan, who was sipping tea with his eyes lowered.
"Yeah." Gu Yan put down the cup and looked at Li Xiaonan.
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"Why are you looking at me like that? Just tell me if you have something to say!" Li Xiaonan felt uncomfortable when he looked at her, so she stood up and moved to a chair farther away to sit down.
"Sit here." Gu Yan pointed to the chair next to him.
"Listen here." Li Xiaonan did not move.
"This is the study room. There is a soundproof wall in the back. I am talking to you here because it is a confidential matter. How can you say it when you are so far away? Are you shouting?" Gu Yan tapped his fingers on the high table.
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"Isn't there a soundproof wall?" Li Xiaonan sat still.
Gu Yan sighed, stood up, and sat next to Li Xiaonan.
"We have to go back to Jianle City as soon as possible."
Gu Yan's words made Li Xiaonan's eyes widen.
"Didn't I mean to wait until autumn for you to manage the Customs and Excise Department? What happened?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"I've been hesitating whether to tell you the truth. I don't want you to worry too much. Besides, there shouldn't be any lies or concealment between you and me. But..." Gu Yan paused in his words and looked at Li Xiaonan with a serious expression.<
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Li Xiaonan straightened her back.
"What we can say between you and me is just you and me. You have to be able to keep your mouth shut."
Li Xiaonan nodded.
"I just received a secret letter from my father. The emperor's pulse is weak. I'm afraid he won't be able to survive next year. I have to set off back to Jiale City as soon as possible." Gu Yan's voice was very low.
Li Xiaonan nodded.
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan, who obviously didn't understand, and explained: "This is a confidential matter related to the state. Only the prince, father, and several husbands in Jiangle City know about it. I have to rush back and find another excuse.
, no one can notice anything strange."
"Don't Wei Xuezheng know?" Li Xiaonan asked cautiously. When Gu Yan nodded, he hesitated and asked again: "Why?"
"This can be considered the first lesson. When you marry me, you will have to bear a lot of things in the future, and there will be even more things to know. You and I have to bear the burdens alone. As for why, let's take this incident as an example.
, if you and I are not planning to get married, and you know that the national mourning is this year, do you have to make some plans? For example, stocking up on plain white cloth or something?"
Li Xiaonan thought for a while and nodded.
She memorized the etiquette during the national funeral. This was not allowed and that was not allowed. If she could have predicted it, there would be too much to prepare.
"Officials think more. If my uncle knows, he must be prepared. I left the Customs and Excise Department and rushed back to Jiangle City. If my uncle is prepared, there are many smart people in Hangzhou. In addition,
, since I can tell my uncle, my uncle can also tell the people who are closest to him and need to be taken care of. Everyone has the people who are closest to him and need to be taken care of, right?" Gu Yan continued.
Li Xiaonan nodded and sighed.
"I used my mother-in-law to urge me to get engaged as an excuse. You must leave for Jianle City as soon as possible and ask the Fourth Lady to accompany you." Gu Yan continued.
