Chapter 497: It’s like meeting for the first time (end of text)

Five years later.

The cold wind blew in, bringing with it a hint of coolness.

Gu Huaiyi wore official uniform and walked in official ways.

He just asked Zhou Xu for half a month's leave. Zhou Xu agreed.

"I heard that your Excellency is going to Wunan this time?" Wu Wu Xuchen stepped forward quickly and walked with him.

Gu Huaizhi responded with a faint 'hmm'.

"When will your lord go?"

"We will set off later."

Wu Xuchen said no more, just took out something from his sleeve and presented it with both hands: "I will get married in one month, and this is the wedding invitation."

He now firmly holds the position of Shangshu, but he is as respectful to Gu Huaizhi as ever.

Wu Xuchen will always remember that when he was most helpless, it was Gu Huaizhi who pulled him up and gave him new life.

If it weren't for Gu Huaizhi, where would Wu Xuchen be today?

Gu Huaizhi took it.

He raised his lips and said a rare human word: "Congratulations."

After leaving the palace, he rushed to the chief minister's residence.

Ruan Zhen has been waiting for a long time.

She stood in front of the mansion, holding the sensible-looking Gu Yanning in her hand.

The woman has a slender and graceful figure, wearing a plain long skirt and a thick cloak, which is the most elegant thing.

Her dark hair was held up by a hosta. There were not too many accessories, but there was a red ribbon loosely tied from her hair, hanging down to her waist. Occasionally, a gust of wind passed by, and the hairband swayed.

Perhaps he was afraid of the cold, so the white gauze covered his face. Only his watery eyes were exposed.

Further down, her belly bulged slightly.

"Daddy." Gu Yanning called cheerfully.

Ruan Zhen raised her eyes and met Gu Huaizhi's gaze.

Gu Huaizhi saw her dressed like this twice. The first time was the first time in his life, and the second time is now.

She was originally beautiful in the sky, but due to hardships she saw all the fireworks in the world.

"Husband, hurry up."

Ruan Zhen urged.

He said in a daze: "Get in the carriage first, I'll change out of my official uniform, and I'll come back as I go."

Soon, a carriage drove out of Lin'an City from the chief minister's residence.

The carriage is spacious and has a burning charcoal pot. The thick curtains block the cold wind outside the carriage.

"You're fooling around again." A slender hand touched the girl's forehead. Ruan Zhen's tone was filled with concern, yet also revealed the slightest hint of gentleness.

No matter how angry she is, her voice is always soft.

Gu Yanning hugged Xiao Hui and stuffed her young and tender face into Xiao Hui's fluffy fur. Upon hearing this, she immediately pouted unhappily.

"Zhou Yu complained again!"

She snorted and raised her chin: "I just smashed the vase in his room. I even promised to compensate him, but he still cares about it. How small-minded."

Gu Yanning blinked innocently: "It's just a vase."

"Is that an ordinary vase that you smashed? Grandpa Taizu personally went to the porcelain kiln to make it."

This is the only thing left. Its value is immeasurable.

Gu Yanning nodded in understanding. His glass-like eyes were full of mist and innocence.

"Then I made one for him out of mud myself!"

As she said that, she moved her chubby hand in front of Ruan Zhen and blinked: "Mom, I wasted half a day's work."

That day, there was mud between my fingernails.

But she didn’t even care! Full of sincerity!

What is Zhou Yu dissatisfied with?

"Do you think he is you? Although he is younger than you, he is more stable than you. From the beginning to the end, he is still trying to hide it for you."

But this thing is extraordinary, how could it be hidden?

As soon as it broke, the news reached Zhou Xu's ears.

Zhou Yu was summoned to the Imperial Study Room. The little man knelt on the ground with his back straight.

——Father, the sons and ministers accidentally pushed him down.

When Zhou Xu heard this, he didn't blame him and just asked him to continue kneeling.

In fact, he was quite proud. After all, this was how he dealt with Liu Nianchu's aftermath when he was young.

Besides the Gu family member, who else could Zhou Yu be protecting?

Who smashed it? How could he not count it?

However, he leaned back: "Since you know you are wrong, you should be punished. Do you have any objection?"

"No, my son accepts the punishment."

The emperor doesn't care about this matter, the queen doesn't care about it, but Ruan Zhen has to care about it.

She looked at Gu Yanning seriously and warned carefully: "You can't be so willful."

Gu Yanning didn't understand.

She leaned closer to Ruan Zhen: "I didn't."

"He said he did it, so that means he did it. Since someone admits it, it has nothing to do with me. I didn't force him."

That makes sense.

Gu Yanning fell into deep thought: "Every time Yi Sheng did something wrong, he would be beaten by Uncle Yi. He cried so pitifully that he couldn't even be coaxed by giving him sweets. Why didn't Uncle Huang beat Zhou Yu?"

This is not fair at all.

Zhou Yu was always unhappy every time he saw her giving candy to Yi Sheng. Gu Yanning didn't understand why she was unhappy.

She also wanted to give it to Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu didn't give her the chance to be a sister!

Ruan Zhen felt that she was unreasonable with Gu Yanning.

She could only push Gu Huaizhi with her elbow, who had his eyes closed and was concentrating without saying a word.

"It's up to you to take care of it."

Gu Huaizhi raised his eyelids respectfully.

"Is she at fault?"

"The prince put such a valuable thing in a corner. If I were the great grandfather, I would be the first to scold him as an unworthy descendant."

"In this case, it's better to destroy it as soon as possible. Sister Ning can be regarded as helping him this time."

"People who care about the family are always willing to go out of their way to help."

Ruan Zhen:???

What a great father and daughter!

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This trip to Wu Nan was the death anniversary of the old lady of the Mu family.

It was Ruan Zhen's first time there, so she was inevitably feeling uneasy.

She had no memory of the old lady at all, but when she arrived, she looked at the unfamiliar tomb on that side, and the white snow in the sky fell on her. Ruan Zhen's eyes felt sour for no reason.

Maybe they knew she was coming, and the people in the General's Mansion deliberately staggered the time.

Ruan Zhen and Gu Huaizhi both knelt down on the tufts in front of the tomb, holding incense in their hands, and kowtowed devoutly to the grave of the old lady who had been thinking about Ruan Zhen until she died.

Ruan Zhen looked at the monument and shouted softly.

"grandmother."

As if there was no separation between yin and yang for more than ten years, it seemed that she was still just the little girl who knew how to cuddle up in the arms of the old lady and act coquettishly.

Gu Yanning imitated the two of them and put on the incense stick.

There were footsteps behind him, and Gu Yanning turned around and looked over. He saw an extremely unfamiliar face, but he was getting close to her for no reason.

She smiled at the man.
To be continued...