The guests didn't know what was going on, Gu Yuan was talking and laughing just now, why did he suddenly turn his back on him?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling something was wrong.

Mrs. Gu's smile instantly froze at the corner of her lips.

"..." Gu Xiao's expression was uglier than Mrs. Gu's, her lips stubbornly pursed into a straight line. Brother, what does this mean? !

"Gu Yuan!" Mrs. Gu raised her voice and called him by his first name.

However, Gu Yuan didn't stop, and walked out as if he had never heard of it.

The servants guarding outside the hall didn't dare to stop Gu Yuan at all, after all, everyone in the entire family now knew that the young master was the one who could draw the five-stone bow.

Mrs. Gu gritted her teeth, showed an apologetic smile to the guests, and said, "Sorry."

Then, he got up resolutely, chased after him personally, and shouted: "Brother Yuan!"

Mrs. Gu trotted forward in three steps at a time, and caught up with Gu Yuan under a sycamore tree in the courtyard outside the hall, and asked with a bit of exasperation, "What are you going to do?"

She tried her best to lower her voice, only feeling like a glow on her back, even if she didn't look, she could still feel the curious eyes in the hall casting on them.

Gu Yuan finally stopped, turned half of his face, and looked down at Mrs. Gu who was half a head shorter than him. The golden sunlight shone through the sparse branches and leaves above him, outlining his clear profile. face lines.

"Grandmother wants me to support my second brother." Gu Yuan said sharply.

After Gu Yuan's words broke her mind, Mrs. Gu did not deny it, and said with a casual smile: "Brother Yuan, you are cousins, and it is right for you to support each other and help each other."

"Should?" Gu Yuan also smiled.

That's what a family should be. Mrs. Gu raised her chin aggressively, as if it was a matter of course.

"Someone wants to ruin my career, and wants me to repay evil with virtue. Grandma, do I look so stupid?" Gu Yuan's tone became colder and sharper.

What is Gu Yuan implying? ! Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Yuan in surprise.

Without waiting for Mrs. Gu to speak, Gu Yuan changed the subject and said again: "I heard that His Highness the First Prince likes all kinds of weapons, I plan to take the rhino horn bow for His Highness to enjoy."

Gu Yuan put the threat directly on the table.

"..." Mrs. Gu stared at her eyes, her face turned blue instantly.

Mrs. Gu didn't know about Gu Jian's tampering with the bowstring of the rhino horn bow at first, but later Gu Jian accidentally slipped her mouth, and Mrs. Gu found out about it after questioning.

Of course Mrs. Gu couldn't admit it, so Gu Zuo said to him: "Brother Yuan, I sent someone to send a message to your second sister this morning, you can keep this bow for a few days, and wait until you have had enough fun. Just come back."

Gu Yuan stared fixedly at Mrs. Gu, his black and angry eyes were so sharp that they seemed to see through her heart.

When the last trace of expectation was shattered, his mind was surprisingly clear and calm, like a traveler who had trekked for a long time finally got out of the fog.

"Brother Yuan, what do you want?!" Mrs. Gu tried to grab Gu Yuan's hand, but Gu Yuan quickly took half a step back, turned sideways, and gently avoided her, with his sleeves in the distance. Her fingertips brushed by less than half an inch.

The eyes of the grandfather and grandson met in mid-air, as if they were engaged in a bloodless battle.

Gu Yuan said his intentions frankly: "I want that rhino horn bow."

This rhino horn bow symbolizes the glory of the Dingyuanhou Mansion, and since the bow is in his hands, he will not hand it over again.

"..." Mrs. Gu's pupils fluttered slightly, her right hand clenched the string of Buddhist beads in her wide cuff, as if she didn't know the young man in front of her, no, young man.

Gu Yuan's heart is like a mirror, unmoving like a mountain.

When he was in the lobby just now, he seemed to be enlightened, and suddenly he understood a lot of things from the attitudes of those uncles.

He got the job of Luan Yiwei, which meant that for many people, he would go straight up. From inside the mansion to outside the mansion, there would be people who would fawn on him and cling to him.

He is no longer the dispensable eldest son of the Gu family, he is the envoy of Luanyiwei, who is in front of the emperor.

To him, it's like a weapon.

He can use this weapon to achieve what he wants to do.

Last night, his sister took the bow for him, and this first step has already been taken, so he should open his mouth and face the next thing.

He is an older brother, so he can't rely on his younger sister to stand up for him in everything.

My sister was right. This rhino horn bow should belong to him.

At the beginning, my father drew the rhino horn bow at the age of sixteen, and my grandfather gave it to my father.

He is a descendant of the Gu family, if he can draw this bow today, then the bow should belong to him.

Gu Yuan slowly said to Mrs. Gu Tai: "Emperor Taizu said that it is a pity in life that a good bow is dusted, and talents are not met. It is a pity in life; a good bow is given to heroes, and those who are able will live in it."

Back then, when Emperor Taizu gave the bow to his great-grandfather Gu Qin, he said something like this, which means that this good bow should be given to those who can use it, rather than dust in the box.

"The second uncle hid a good bow and made it dusty. He is not a 'capable'."

Gu Yuan's words and sentences were extremely sharp, as if he had stabbed Madam Gu's heart with a sword.

After finishing speaking, he walked away without any regrets.

"..." Mrs. Gu's face flushed red, and she remained silent.

This time, she didn't catch up.

She stared blankly at Gu Yuan's tall and straight back like a green bamboo, her eyes were in a daze for a moment, there seemed to be a dark surge in her old eyes that was about to burst, a little anger, a little surprise, a little anxiety, a little powerlessness flashed in her eyes ...and more of a fatigue.

Her body swayed a bit, and her feet slowly moved two steps, her steps faltering.

"Mrs. Tai, be careful." Nanny Li at the side quickly supported Mrs. Gu.

The sunny day after the snow is even colder, and the wind is biting.

The howling cold wind sounded like a wild beast roaring in demonstration, lingering.

"He..." Suddenly, Mrs. Gu asked in a hoarse voice, "Could it be that he knows?"

Knowing that his father, Gu Ce, was not born to her.

The sycamore branches above the head with yellow leaves swayed with the cold wind, and a few rays of sunlight passed through the gaps in the branches and leaves, casting mottled light and shadows on Mrs. Gu's face, making her expression a little gloomy, a little obscure, and a little irritable .

The sound of "rustling" echoed in the courtyard.

Nanny Li looked around vigilantly, making sure that there was no one else around, and then persuaded in a low voice: "Mrs. Tai, don't think too much."

Even Gu Ce himself didn't know about this matter, so how could Gu Yuan know about it!

"..." Mrs. Gu looked straight at the direction Gu Yuan was leaving without blinking, her cloudy and red eyes seemed to be engraved on his figure.

Nanny Li gently stroked Mrs. Gu's arm, and continued to persuade: "Besides, even in the ancestral hall of the Gu family, there is no memorial tablet for 'her'. It is impossible for the young master to know."

As she spoke, Nanny Li's voice became even lower, and only their master and servant could hear it in the howling cold wind.

Mrs. Gu seemed to mutter to herself: "I raised Ah Ce with my own hands, treated him as my own, raised him carefully, and watched him marry a wife and have children... Even the title of the Marquis is left to him Inheritance, I only ask Ah Jian to be a wealthy and idle person."

"I admit that I have never wronged Ah Ce... let alone elder sister, I have no regrets in my heart."

Mrs. Gu's eyes moved up slowly, looking up at the blue sky, as if these words were meant for some old friends.

"Madam Tai is right." Nanny Li nodded approvingly, "Madam Tai, you have not been easy all these years."

She spoke from the heart.

After a pause, Nanny Li said again: "Besides, after so many years, those old people in Xizhou are long gone, and no one has mentioned 'that matter' for a long time."

"Madam, don't worry, it is absolutely impossible for the young master to know."

Another gust of piercing cold wind blew, piercing into Nanny Li's neckline like a knife, causing her to shrink her neck unconsciously.

"Besides, even if the young master knows, what position does he have to blame you, Mrs. Tai? Mrs. Tai raised Mr. Xianhou with your own hands, and the kindness of nurturing is greater than the kindness of giving birth."

Mrs. Gu still stood motionless under the tree, her chest heaved and fluctuated, and there seemed to be two forces fighting and colliding in her eyes.

After a moment of silence, she said again: "But I always feel that Brother Yuan doesn't treat me like before..." It seemed to be guarding against her, as if she had... resentment towards her.

Thinking about it, Mrs. Gu tightly grasped the string of Buddhist beads in her hand, almost crushing it.

In the past, Gu Yuan was not like this.

Nanny Li hesitated for a moment, but still reminded: "Mrs. Tai, what happened to the book yesterday... the young master should know about it too. Could it be because of this that you are also annoyed?"

Mrs. Gu's face froze, she stroked her sleeve lightly, and said calmly: "I did it for his own good."

"This kid was stubborn since he was a child, and he didn't listen to the advice of his elders. I asked him to study literature, and found him the best academy in the capital. .”

"As long as he is in the army, there will always be people talking about his father's defeat of the enemy, and this matter will never pass."

Nanny Li quickly comforted her and said, "Eldest young master is young, and the rice he eats is not as much salt as you, so he doesn't understand your painstaking efforts, Mrs. Tai."

Hearing Nanny Li's soft words, Mrs. Gu also felt that it was helpful, and her expression eased a little.

She seemed to remember those guests in the hall at this moment, looked at them, and said: "Forget it, let's not mention the past."

"He's now in Luan Yiwei. It's a good job. He doesn't have to go to the battlefield, but he can be in front of the imperial court."

Even if the errands in front of the emperor were not of high grade, they could still be viewed with admiration.

From now on, Gu Yuan's future can be regarded as bright.

Mrs. Gu sighed again, and said in a low voice: "Brother Yuan has a promising future. Even if I go to the Nine Springs in the future, I will be worthy of old Lord Hou."

She looked at the western sky again, her eyes were deep, and her heart was as stable as a rock after going through a lot of ups and downs.

That's right, the Hou Mansion did not owe Gu Yuan anything.

She did not owe Gu Yuan either.

She is worthy of her eldest sister, as well as Gu Ce and his father and son.

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