Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 151

Xiang Yuan had just left the gate of the yamen, when he saw the steward of the Gu family waiting at the gate with a respectful expression, he smiled inexplicably and said, "Please, please lead the way."

The steward of Gu's mansion smiled apologetically and said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, and was diligently preparing to help Xiang Yuan into the sedan chair. Xiang Yuan stretched out his hand, and then he lifted the curtain and sat in neatly.

"You are young and strong, so you don't need someone to help you. You can just lead the way first when you are in charge."

Not daring to delay any longer, the steward gave an order, and the four people carried the sedan chair steadily and were lifted up, heading in the direction of Jinyu Manxianglou.

Xiang Yuan sat inside and closed his eyes to rest his mind. The steward of Gu's mansion couldn't follow beside the sedan chair, and he glanced at it from time to time. Seeing that Xiang Yuan was always quiet and didn't even ask a question, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Sure enough, he is the most favored by saints among the younger generation, and with this steady effort, the future of this Master Xiang is unpredictable.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, the sedan chair stopped at the Jinyu Manxiang Building.The steward of the Gu residence opened the curtain first, and Xiang Yuan stepped out.

This Mr. Gu is also very interesting, he actually asked him to meet at Jinyumanxianglou.I don't know whether this banquet is a Hongmen banquet or a family reunion.

Today, the person who asked Xiang Yuan to meet was the second family in the capital, the Gu family. Seeing Xiang Yuan stepping into the private room, the first person to greet him was Gu Wenheng, the grandson of Gu's family. Not to be a serious official.

Mr. Gu laughed and said: "I heard that Mr. Xiang is very personable, and Wen Heng has long wanted to make friends. When I saw him today, I found that Mr. Xiang is even more handsome than the rumors. Wen Heng is very polite."

Xiang Yuan endured his toothache and laughed twice.

"Young Master Gu, you are welcome."

Turning his head, Xiang Yuan saw Gu's family uncle, who was also Gu Wenhang's biological father, Gu Jian, who was sitting in the first place.Gu Jianlue nodded, raised his hand and said flatly, "Master Xiang is indeed punctual, please sit down."

Xiang Yuan glanced at him, then sat down opposite Gu Jian very calmly and generously, raised his hand and poured himself a cup of hot tea, picked it up, and slowly blew the tea powder floating on the surface of the cup, while casually saying: "Just get down!" The yamen is here, Mr. Gu, let’s not talk about vain, hot dishes and hot soup, can we ask someone to come up first?"

Gu Jian choked for a moment, somewhat taken aback.He never imagined that he was an official of the imperial court who was a dignified and upright third-rank official, how could he be so messed up?

Xiang Yuan lowered his head and pouted.They invited him here, no matter what the purpose was, Gu Jian held it like this, as if giving him a big face, Xiang Yuan saw that he was not going well, and deliberately choked him with words in front of him.

"Haha, it's easy to say, it's not because Mr. Xiang came here, I'm afraid that the food will be cold when it's early!" Mr. Gu hurriedly smoothed things over, calling for the waiter in the private room to come in, and ordered a dozen gold and jade with one mouthful. Manxianglou's special dishes, fried and steamed, cold and hot fried, are complete, and there are three plates of pastries of various colors.

"Zhuyeqing of 40 years, Minister Xiang Zuo, please."

Gu Jian was a little confused by Xiang Yuan's unreasonable playing just now, and the rhythm was disrupted for a while. Seeing that Gu Jianheng put down his body and poured wine, Xiang Yuan took it for granted. Bamboo leaf green is not easy to come by, Mr. Xiang must have never tasted it, so let's let go of the restraint today, so I can taste it."

With a half-smile, Xiang Yuan picked up the wine glass, took a sip, closed his eyes, smacked it, and said, "It is indeed a rare and good wine. Xiang was born in a humble family, so naturally he will not taste such a delicacy easily. Master Gu comes from a rich family. , Presumably the 40 years of Zhuyeqing are nothing."

Gu Jian's complexion got worse.Seeing that her father had a stubborn temper again, Gu Jianheng sighed inwardly, but smiled very kindly on his face.

"My lord is wrong about this. Let's talk about 40-year-old Zhuyeqing, it is 30-year-old. I have lived to such an age, and the number of times I have drunk it can be counted with a slap. Although we are a family, we are also living in the sage. Under the rule? The world is peaceful and the people are in good health. We, aristocratic families, have the leisure to pay attention to these fine things, and never dare to forget the grace of God."

Xiang Yuan raised his eyebrows, and carefully sized up the eldest son of the Gu family.Gu Jianheng has handsome eyebrows, a smile on his lips, a tall body, and a gentle manner. On the surface, he looks like a frail scholar, but judging from what he said just now, this eldest son of the Gu family is a man who is capable and flexible. It is indeed a character.

As for Gu Jian, Gu's family master, Xiang Yuan didn't underestimate him either.Don't look at Gu Jian's haughty and refusing to give in the first time we met, and his irritable speech after that, he thought that this person had high-sighted eyes and a hot temper.You know, the head of the long room is not capable of being any idiot.But in fact, according to Xiang Yuan's careful observation, Gu Jian deliberately put on a black face and asked the eldest son Gu Jianheng to play the white face. The purpose is that Gu Jianheng is about the same age as him and can be more chatty?

What the eldest son of the Gu family said just now revealed a lot of meaning.It's just that Xiang Yuan doesn't want to just play tricks and be a joke.So he just smiled and gave a perfunctory compliment.

Gu Jian clenched his fist to his lips, coughed slightly, and asked Xiang Yuan to move his chopsticks, as if he wasn't the one who just slapped someone.

Xiang Yuan raised his eyebrows again.Look at what he said, he really is a pig and a tiger, and he is able to bend and stretch.

But in his own heart, after several times, Xiang Yuan had a slight liking for the Gu family, known as the second family in the capital.No way, he likes dealing with smart people.It's just that where the relationship between the two parties will eventually go depends on the purpose of today's treat.

Before coming here, Xiang Yuan guessed the purpose of the Gu family.Two days ago, he made the decision to remove a business that had been supplying the Superintendent for a long time. The owner behind this business was the Gu family in Beijing.Within two days, Gu's family sent a post to invite them. It's no wonder that Xiang Yuan suspected that the Gu family's idea of ​​having a Hongmen banquet this time.

After drinking for three rounds, Mr. Gu really brought up the matter of the merchant.It's just that what he said was quite different from what Xiang Yuan thought.

"The family business is big, so it is inevitable that there will be negligence. This matter is thanks to Mr. Xiang's vigilance, who helped him find out when he did not cause any serious losses. Otherwise, when he grows bolder in the future, he still doesn't know what to do. Misfortune will affect the family. Although it is a side branch, it bears the surname of Gu, if it makes the saints hate it, it is really not a pity to die a hundred times."

In the words, the saint was mentioned again.

After several times of probing, Xiang Yuan gradually figured out a meaning.This time the Gu family father and son invited him to meet, it was indeed not to incriminate the teacher, on the contrary, they also wanted to make friends with him.

Xiang Yuan sat in the sedan chair, thinking about this all the way.

In fact, it is not without clues.Ever since the sage resolutely adopted the second son of the emperor, the direction of the court has really changed a few times.

In the past, some ministers, especially courtiers from aristocratic families, saw that the prince had grown up, and there was no gap to exploit.Then he looked at the second son of the emperor who was young, and gave birth to the idea of ​​cultivating the next king of a family. He secretly planned to support the second son of the emperor to take the throne, which was very troublesome for a while.It's just that the sage saw through their plot, so the sage, who was burning with anger, took a draught.This magical turning point directly shattered the hope of the family's resurgence, it was really ruthless.

Although there is no sign that the Gu family participated in the plan to push the second son of the emperor to the throne, Xiang Yuan can be sure that the Gu family absolutely agreed with it before.As far as the sage is concerned, no matter whether there is evidence or not, as long as the sage determines that there is no need for excuses, he has been convicted.

Thinking about the series of decrees issued by the sage a few days ago to reduce the power of the aristocratic family again, Xiang Yuan leaned back slightly, leaning on the sedan chair, frowning and thinking.He always felt that the reason why the sage moved the family again was not just that they wanted to push the second son of the emperor to the throne, but also had a deeper consideration, and if he could understand this consideration, it would not be harmful to him.

As soon as the sedan chair stopped in front of the mansion gate, he ran into the servant who came to announce him to the palace to meet the saint.Xiang Yuan had no choice but to send the porter to inform Zhao Shen, and hurried into the palace with the servants.

Along the way, Xiang Yuan wondered why the sage summoned him, but he didn't want to enter the palace, but the sage said that the prince was worrying about his marriage, so he asked Xiang Yuan to come to the palace to enlighten him.

Xiang Yuan tried his best not to roll his eyes at the saint, and complied calmly.

"The prince has always been close to you, so Aiqing worked hard to persuade the prince for me. The prince's big marriage is the most important thing in the society, and it is definitely not a child's play."

A row of black lines flashed across the bottom of Xiang Yuan's heart, as if he was about to shave.

How could he, a courtier, be able to persuade this important matter of marriage?If he succeeds in persuading him, where will you make the saint face?But if he failed to persuade the prince to change his mind, the sage might be dissatisfied.Therefore, this is definitely a deceitful money-losing business.

Also, don't look at what the sage said was categorical, but in Xiang Yuan's ears, there was a hint of being strong on the outside but doing nothing on the inside.The second son of the emperor has been adopted, and he will definitely miss the throne in this life.The crown prince has been the crown prince for many years, and there are no other brothers competing for it. He is already a certainty to be the next monarch.Therefore, even if the prince got angry with the saint because of his wedding, the saint would have nothing to do with him.

Xiang Yuan secretly slandered, no matter how you look at it, why is there such a kind of sage who is dumb and suffers from eating Coptis chinensis?

No matter how helpless he was, Xiang Yuan had to go to the East Palace for a while.