Mrs. Guo held An An in her arms and looked at Pei Xuqing who was approaching. She said in surprise, "It's Miss Pei. Mother has good eyesight." She really hadn't seen Miss Pei.

"Aunt." Pei Xuqing bowed.

She didn't want to come here. The Gu family had just been released from prison and should have been reunited as a family. However, she was really worried about Gu Yuanchen, so she couldn't help but come here just to see him.

"Xu Qing, come up quickly. We are all family. Why don't you come up now that you are here?" Jiang was extremely satisfied with her second daughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family. She looked at Pei Xuqing with a smile in her eyes.

Pei Xuqing didn't want the carriage to be stuck here because of her own reasons, so she had to get on the carriage, "Aunt, seeing that you are okay, Xu Qing is relieved."

Jiang held her hand, and said lovingly, "I'm fine, Xiao Si is fine too. I'm sorry to have worried you."

Pei Xuqing's face flushed red with shame, and she was too embarrassed to say a word.

The departure of the Gu family also took away the bustle in front of the Ministry of Justice. With the personal escort of the Jinyiwei and the spontaneous escort of the people, the Gu family can be said to have returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion very safely and in a high-profile manner.

When they arrived at the Duke's Mansion, Ye Qingyu asked people to take out the copper coins that had been prepared long ago and scatter them among the people.

"Thank you for your sincere escort, fellow villagers. This is a small gift from the Zhenguo Mansion, for good luck. Please don't despise it!"

The servants carried bamboo baskets filled with copper coins and scattered them to the people in handfuls.

The common people were even more excited. They felt that the Duke's Mansion had won the battle and protected their safety, but they were wronged by those indiscriminate court officials. They were really distressed and escorted them.

I didn’t expect that I could get copper coins. That’s great!

The people were busy scrambling to pick up copper coins. The gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, which had been deserted these days, was now very lively.

"Thank you, Miss Biao!"

"Thank you, nobles from the Zhenguo Mansion!"

After all the copper coins were distributed, everyone in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion entered the mansion. The common people were still standing in front of the gate, chattering excitedly and counting how many copper coins they had snatched.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, servants from each courtyard surrounded their master, brought him back carefully and properly, and helped him change clothes and take a bath.

Ye Qingyu had already invited the imperial physician to examine the injuries of Gu Yuanchen and Gu Huaizhi. She was relieved to know that her cousin's injuries were only superficial and had been treated with medicine and had healed a lot.

He ordered the servants to prepare medicine for the two men, and then went to the kitchen to check whether lunch was prepared properly.

In the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, Ye Qingyu prepared a large table full of reunion dinner, and everyone ate happily and lively.

At this time, the atmosphere in Chunhui Hall of Qingyuan Hou Mansion was terribly gloomy and solemn.

The servants didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

"How is it possible! How is it possible! How could Gu Tingyuan have the ability to defeat the Huns! How can he do what even Gu Changyun couldn't do?" Lord Ye gasped, his eyes wide open with disbelief.

In order to distance himself from the Zhenguo Mansion, he drove Ye Qingyu out of the Ye family. The whole capital knew about it. Now that he was told, the Zhenguo Mansion had really made a comeback!

Old Madam Ye was lying on the bed, her empty eyes staring at the ceiling, her old face was gray and lifeless, and it was obvious that her health was really not good.

"Mother, what do you think we should do?"

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is even more favored this time than before. Will he be retaliated by the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for what he did?

When he thought of this, endless panic welled up in his eyes.

Madam Ye's voice was weak. "Don't do anything, just wait."

Lord Ye gritted his teeth and said, "Are you going to do nothing and wait for the retaliation from the Zhenguo Mansion?"

The Duke doted on Ye Qingyu so much. If he knew how they treated Ye Qingyu, he would definitely skin him alive!

"What else can you do!"

As her health deteriorated, Madam Ye's mind seemed to become clearer and clearer, and she seemed to have a clear understanding of the situation of the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion.

It was all their own fault that the Marquisate had reached its current state. Now, demotion was inevitable. Everything she did was to preserve her title, but it seemed she had done something wrong...

Lord Ye was still unwilling to give in. "I, I'll go find Ye Qingyu. After all, I'm her father. I'll recognize her!"

As long as he recognized Ye Qingyu, he would still have a relationship with the Zhenguo Mansion. As long as he could coax Ye Qingyu to say a few good words in front of the Duke of Zhenguo, and he could admit his mistake and punish himself, it would always be possible to get away with it.

For the first time, Madam Ye realized how hopelessly stupid her son was. "Haha, do you think the letter of severance from the Jingzhao government office is just for show? Or do you think you can shut up the people of Jingdu?"

"I see, no wonder she wanted to break up so cleanly!"

Old Madam Ye suddenly figured something out, and her gray old face lost even more spirit.

"Boss, listen to me. Don't look for Ye Qingyu anymore, and don't think about looking for anyone from the Zhenguo Mansion. Don't have anything to do with them. Let's live our own lives behind closed doors."

Lord Ye looked at his mother in disbelief, "Mother, what do you mean? Why are you doing this? Do you dare to deny me as your father?"

"Shut up! You're not her father anymore! She won't recognize you!"

Old Madam Ye stared at him coldly with a pair of empty and indifferent eyes, which made Lord Ye shiver all over.

"Remember, don't provoke anyone from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion again!"

Lord Ye nodded weakly, "Okay, son, I'll remember this."

A great victory made the powerful families in Kyoto City uneasy. At the morning court, the Fifth Prince and the Fourth Prince turned against each other. The ambition of the Fourth Prince Shen Mingxiu was exposed in front of the powerful court officials, which made these people even more uneasy.

Emperor Jingyou seemed to be completely unaware of the fluctuations in the powerful families. The great victory in the north finally made him feel relieved. Everyone could see the emperor's joy.

The prosperity of Zhenguo Mansion rose again. Before Gu Tingyuan returned to Kyoto with the captives, the emperor's rewards came to Zhenguo Mansion like water. Gu Huaizhi, who was still recuperating from his injuries, was promoted to the fifth-rank official of the Ministry of Personnel, and even Gu Beichen was given the position of commander of the Five Cities Army, a sixth-rank official.

Mr. Gu Changqing, the third master of the Gu family, who was still far away in Yuzhou, was directly promoted to the Minister of Revenue. The emperor ordered him to handle the handover affairs and immediately set off to return to Beijing to take over the post of Minister of Revenue.

The position of Minister of Revenue, which had been vacant for several months, was finally filled. In the past few months, various powerful families and countless court officials had racked their brains and used every possible means to get this position, but it just fell into the hands of a person who was far away, which suddenly made all those who had been racking their brains wake up.

It turns out that His Majesty has been delaying the arrangements and is waiting here.

Time flew by, and Gu Tingyuan appeared outside Kyoto with the Xiongnu king and the Xiongnu royal army.

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