Mrs. Gu didn't answer for a while and sighed, "There are many smart people in this world, but you and I are too naive."
Chu Yunli deeply thought so.
The next morning they found out that Yan Xuerui had given birth last night and refused to leave at the gate of Imperial Physician Fu's house. The fetus was in an abnormal position and Yan Xuerui herself was poisoned. Imperial Physician Fu didn't want anyone to die in front of her, but she didn't let anyone in.
, the carriage took her back to Anyang Houfu, but she still hadn't come back in the morning.
Dr. Fu went there with him but could not come back in the morning. It seemed that the situation was really dangerous.
Mother and daughter Chu Yunli went to the outskirts of the city as usual, with no intention of interfering at all. Although the Gu family had raised Yan Xuerui, when she calculated that her daughter would become a concubine and drugged her to destroy her body, the relationship between mother and daughter was weak.
The points are long gone.
When he returned to his mansion in the evening, he happened to meet Dr. Fu returning from the Hou Mansion. Chu Yunli was curious, "Did Mr. Fu wait all day and night? What was the result?"
"Mother and daughter are safe." Doctor Fu sighed, "I wonder if it's retribution, but the fourth young lady will never be able to get pregnant again."
Chu Yunli was very surprised by this result. In fact, she had hesitated whether to retaliate in kind, but she didn't expect Yan Xuerui to be so troubled that she couldn't get pregnant. From what the doctor Fu said, it seemed that the damage to her body was more serious than hers.
She still had a faint hope of having an heir, but Yan Xuerui and Dr. Fu were already certain that she would not be able to get pregnant again.
Seeing the tiredness on Doctor Fu's face, Chu Yunli suggested, "My lord, go back and rest first."
Imperial Physician Fu waved his hand, "Mu Xiu was here, but today has just passed."
The following days were quite peaceful, but Yan Zhang came twice more, and was very dissatisfied with Chu Yunli for not returning to the Marquis Mansion to pay his respects to the old lady.
Chu Yunli didn't care, he said to let him have his say, as long as the wind blows in his ears. That day, Yan Qiuyu and his mother begged them to take them in for a day or two at the gate of the Hou Mansion, but they still couldn't knock the door. Seeing that the situation improved, they started to communicate again.
In fact, she doesn't want family, but Yan Qiuyu cares about Mr. Gu very much, and she will inevitably act according to Mr. Gu's wishes. At least she doesn't want to argue with her on such trivial matters.
Gradually, as the New Year approaches, the number of victims in the suburbs is not less, but more and more.
During the two days of the New Year, mother and daughter did not leave the city. They only asked the servants at home to give out porridge and buy some quilts to distribute. Nowadays, the price of food and cloth in the capital, especially the cloth and quilts to keep out the cold, has increased several times.
.In the past two months, Chu Yunli has spent about one hundred thousand taels.
There are many people who go out of town to give porridge, but not many are as down-to-earth as she is.
During the Chinese New Year this year, there are only two mothers and daughters at home. Mrs. Gu is a little sad, but Chu Yunli is okay, but she misses Feng An a little. Maybe he is not there in this time and space.
In the afternoon, Yan Zhang actually came to the door, bringing a lot of meat and vegetables with a smile in his eyes, "I'm here to celebrate the New Year with my daughter."
He said he was accompanying his daughter, but his eyes fell on Gu.
Mrs. Gu just ignored her and was very cold. Chu Yunli looked at her coldly and frowned slightly. If Yan Zhang came here entirely for his daughter, he himself would not believe it.
After the meal was finished and it was still dark, Mrs. Gu issued an order to expel the guests. Yan Zhang refused to leave, and looked at Chu Yunli, "Your mother and I have important matters to discuss."
"I won't listen." Chu Yunli still said the same thing. She would never let these two people be alone.
Yan Zhang was helpless, "I won't do anything to your mother."
That didn't work, Chu Yunli didn't move, with rejection written all over his body.
After finally seeing the person off, before leaving, he asked Chu Yunli to go pay New Year's greetings to the old lady after the new year.
He also said that the old lady had no intention of denying the mother and daughter entry.
Chu Yunli still didn't respond. She watched him get into the carriage and frowned, "Mom, let's not let him come to our door in the future, okay?"
Gu was silent, "Okay."
What they didn't know was that Mrs. Hou in the Hou Mansion was urging her servants to find Yan Zhang, and she was filled with resentment, "He insisted on running out on the day of family reunion during the Chinese New Year. Who would be embarrassed by this? He Li ran out,
I have the nerve to keep the man."
The maid next to her whispered, "Even if the Marquis has his thoughts, he won't agree to it."
That's true. Mrs. Hou's face softened a little. She thought of something and sneered, "Don't you like it? When I get some free time after the New Year, I'll bring him in."
It was really daring to think of taking the first wife as a concubine. The maid kept silent and did not dare to speak randomly again.
Fortunately, Yan Zhang had already returned, and Mrs. Hou greeted him with a smile and never mentioned the matter again.
Naturally, Chu Yunli didn't know what Mrs. Hou was thinking. She didn't feel lonely celebrating the New Year with the Gu family. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she even went to pay the imperial doctor a New Year's greeting. Not only that, there were also quite a few people who came to give New Year's gifts. Anyang Hou Mansion
The Crown Prince's wife over there was found to be pregnant at the end of the year, and Mrs. Hou had someone send her a New Year's gift. It's worth mentioning that Princess Jiaoyun's Princess Mansion also sent a gift.
Many people saw this and felt that the current emperor really had no intention of irritating mother and daughter. Therefore, when a banquet was held at the Imperial Physician's Mansion later in the year, many ladies expressed the intention of helping Chu Yunli to marry her.
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Chu Yunli really didn't want to get married again. People suggested that she pretended not to understand and that she was just a human being. Seeing that she didn't pick up the fight, no one would mention it again.
The beginning of the first month of the first year was busy, and the weather gradually warmed up. The emperor also sent people to deliver food and supplies to various disaster-stricken places. As a result, the victims who were guarding outside the city returned to their hometowns one after another.
Mother and daughter Chu Yunli also had their hands free and rested for a while.
In early February, General Li Xiu returned to Beijing to report on his duties after providing disaster relief. He had been guarding the border for more than ten years and had never returned. Over the years, the barbarians on the border had been repelled by him several times. It can be said that the stability of the border is inseparable from him.
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The capital was quite lively. Many people went to the streets to watch General Li Xiu enter the city that day, and Chu Yunli was no exception. After resting for more than half a month, and the weather was good, it was a good time to go to the streets to join in the fun, so he did not forget to pull
Got into the Gu family.
Gu was in a good mood and was silent for a moment when she heard that it was General Li Xiu entering the city. Chu Yunli was busy ordering people to prepare the carriage and did not notice anything wrong with her.
They went to the best restaurant with a good view. After having lunch, they heard a commotion below and someone shouting "Here we come."
Chu Yunli walked to the window and saw a group of people riding horses from a distance. Sitting on the front horse was a dark and muscular man. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle and his whole body was cold. The army was passing quickly through the street, but it was no more than a hundred meters away.
When someone arrived, a sense of solemnity filled the air. The crowd that was originally cheering became inexplicably quieter when he came over.
"So fierce." Chu Yunli whispered.
Gu was also standing by the window, "It's really fierce. The border guards all came from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, but the Li Xiu people are good."
Chu Yunli was surprised, "Mom, do you know him?"
"We knew each other before," Mrs. Gu didn't know what to think of, and smiled, "It happened many years ago, maybe people have forgotten me."
Chu Yunli didn't pay attention. It was not surprising that Gu knew some people of the same age. When he looked down again, he seemed to notice Li Xiu looking up at them.
But looking again, people and horses had already passed by quickly.
Today was mainly because Hou, mother and daughter, who had not been out for many days, went shopping. After shopping all the way, Chu Yunli went to her original grain store, which was the store in the dowry. However, after the victims outside the city left, there was no need.
There was a free clinic, and she was planning to open a medical clinic of her own and hire two doctors to treat illnesses and save lives.
It's easier to go back to my old job.
Nowadays, the price of grain is rising steadily. Many grain shops have set rules for how many kilograms of grain they can sell every day, and then they close down. If you still want to buy grain, please come early the next day.
After Chu Yunli left enough food for herself, she spent all the rest. Now the shop has been vacated, and the cabinets have been remade and put up according to her wishes. She is just waiting for the medicinal materials from other places to arrive before she can open the door.
She hadn't hired the right person yet, so medicinal materials arrived almost every day, and she had to check out the quality, so she got busy. When she returned home that day, she saw the doorway from a distance and stopped for a moment.
The dark carriage looked quite noble, and Chu Yunli was immediately curious as to who was coming to the door again.
Before she even got close, she saw a slender woman in light purple clothes getting out of the carriage, it was her mother.
Chu Yunli was stunned for a moment. She looked at the dark purple carriage. It looked like it was used by a man. Then she looked at Gu, feeling suspicious. It looked like Gu was sent back by a man.
Couldn't it be Yan Zhang?
Nowadays, if men and women travel without any relationship, people will gossip. The man their mother and daughter are most familiar with is Yan Zhang, but the Gu family usually values reputation the most. From Chu Yunli's point of view, the Gu family should not
Just agree to travel with Yan Zhang.
She was scratching her heart, wanting to know who was there. In Yan Qiuyu's memory, she couldn't remember that besides Yan Zhang, there was any other man beside Gu.
However, Yan Qiuyu's memory is endless. If she had been in her previous life, she would have been poisoned to death in the backyard of the Anyang Marquis Mansion as early as last winter. And Gu's illness was getting worse and worse, and she could no longer get out of bed. It was very possible that
She wouldn't have been able to survive last winter. Besides, with Yan Xuerui's character, how could she still support the Gu family once Yan Qiuyu died?
The people in the carriage did not get off. They only saw a pair of big hands shaking Gu's. Then the coachman raised his whip and was about to leave.
When Chu Yunli's carriage passed by, the dark purple carriage over there had turned the corner and was out of sight. She did not go in immediately after getting off the carriage, but looked in the direction in which the carriage disappeared.
Mrs. Gu watched the carriage go before entering. Then she saw her daughter coming back, so she stood at the door and waited. When she saw her coming down, she looked over there. She walked down the steps again and pulled her in. "I'll take my time when I get back."
Tell you."
Mother and daughter sat in the room, and Mrs. Gu said, "That person is Li Xiu. He asked me to meet at the teahouse as early as the second day after he came back."
Chu Yunli was speechless for a moment, secretly looked at Gu's face, and asked after a while, "Between you..."
There have been many rumors about Li Xiu in the past two days. The most common one is that General Li has been guarding the border for many years and has never gotten married in his late thirties. The emperor may choose a suitable girl to marry him.
"He was an orphan picked up by your grandfather from the battlefield. He was only five years old when he came here. When he was thirteen years old, he went to the border gate by himself and never came back." There was some memory in Gu's eyes, "He is now
He came back and said he wanted to marry me."
The tea cup in Chu Yunli's hand fell to the table with a "bang" sound. The tea cup was not broken, but the tea was everywhere. She quickly wiped it with a handkerchief.
"Are you scared?" Mrs. Gu looked at her cleaning the table, "You don't want me to get married?"
"No!" Chu Yunli said sternly, "It's good that you are willing to marry someone, but if that person is good, you must be willing to marry yourself, not for anyone else." After a pause, he added, "Ten million
Don't do it for me, I'm doing well now. After the medical center opens, I should be very busy and have a fulfilling life. I didn't want to have too many rich lives, I just want you to be well."
Mrs. Gu held her hand, her eyes were red, and she choked, "I can't bear to..."
I didn't want to say anything but didn't say anything.
Chu Yunli knew about the marriage and was planning when to meet Li Xiu to formally discuss the marriage. However, there was already news in the palace. General Li Xiu, who had just returned from guarding the border, asked the emperor for a marriage, and the woman...
She is the only daughter of General Gu.
As soon as the news came out, everyone in the capital was stunned. Isn't General Gu's only daughter the same as Mrs. Dingyuan Hou who had invited herself to the court a few years ago?
Who should Li Xiu marry? Most of the ladies in the capital are willing to marry an abandoned woman.
Yes, abandoned wife!
Even though Mrs. Gu had saved her face by asking herself to leave the court, she was still an abandoned woman who was unwanted by Marquis Dingyuan after she could not give birth to a son.
While everyone was surprised and puzzled, someone had already come to the door.
When the concierge said that Yan Zhang came to visit, Chu Yunli was not surprised at all.