Xiao Jingheng took the envelope from Zhang Wen's hand, turned around, opened it and looked at it. His eyes were instantly filled with disappointment. This was not a reply letter, it was clearly a returned letter.

Looking more closely, he saw a dot at the end of the letter. He smiled helplessly, thinking that this was also a kind of progress.

At least it's better than sending letters that fall into oblivion.

However, people's troubles cannot be solved all at once. Sometimes when old troubles are gone, new troubles will come.

What does the dot that Gu Qinghe clicked mean?

Xiao Jingheng turned around, put the envelope behind him, and asked calmly, "Zhang Wen, on the 26th of the first lunar month, the day Princess Yunhua got married, did Liu Yinshuang and the third young lady ride back in the same carriage?"

"Yes." Zhang Wen replied.

“Zhang Wu, did Liu Yinshuang first say the little talk between Han Desheng and Han Yaner?”

"Yes, it was said that Miss Liu was tricked by the younger sisters into attending the Han family's banquet. I couldn't stand Miss Han's ambiguous words, so I went out of my way to clarify it for you, but Mrs. Han took advantage of her age and said whatever she wanted."

The words of the brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu completed the puzzle, and Han Desheng felt relieved. After all, the third aunt was a smart person and would not think too much about it.

Xiao Jingheng laughed out of anger when he heard this. In other words, he was so nervous here, afraid of being misunderstood, but Gu Qinghe already knew what was going on.

"So, Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to take this matter to heart. The third lady is a smart person and won't believe what Wang says." Han Desheng said with an apologetic smile.

Xiao Jingheng looked at Han Desheng and snorted coldly, "Han Desheng, you should be more careful in the future. No matter which girl you save, you can't pass on your family line. There is no need to be a hero to save the beauty."

"Yes, yes, your Highness the Crown Prince is absolutely right. It's all my fault." Han Desheng said, and began to clap his hands.

"Okay, it's broken. I have to find someone to take care of it for you." Xiao Jingheng waved his hand and said.

That night, Xiao Jingheng looked at the reply letter for a long time. He thought that it was a good thing that the person was willing to have contact with him, and then he fell into a deep sleep.

*

On the fifth day of the third lunar month, red silk had been hung and red lanterns had been put up in the Gu Mansion. The doors were covered with wedding characters and couplets, and they were just waiting for the auspicious time tomorrow when the prince would come to welcome them.

In the third room, the maids had just finished putting up the wedding couplets and double happiness characters and were out when Wang rushed outside in anger, "When my daughter Ruoxing got married, I wasn't allowed to put up such a wedding character. But when the maid from the second room got married, they put it up on my door. Why?"

After saying that, he started to tear the red paper non-stop.

In a few moments, the ground was covered with scattered red. Gu Hong had just returned from the front yard. His second brother asked him to write a few more words, so he came over to get his usual brush.

Who would have thought that as soon as he entered the door, he would see such a scene. His wife seemed to be going crazy, cursing the most promising girl in their Gu family and insulting his second brother whom he trusted.

"What are you doing?" Gu Hong said, and took a few steps forward, grabbed Wang, and immediately raised his right hand.

Wang's eyes were filled with tears. She covered her left cheek and said aggrievedly, "My husband, I just tore down something from our house. When my own daughter went out, she didn't even put up the double happiness characters. Now that I saw the third girl's, I was upset and wanted to vent my anger."

After saying that, Wang looked at Gu Hong's face, which was still dark. She felt a little hesitant and added, "In the courtyard, we are all family. It won't spread out. Don't worry, husband."

Don't worry? Gu Hong snorted and laughed, "Wang, you and I are no longer family. During the New Year, you pretended to be very nice, and I thought you had figured it out, so I decided to let it go. But right after the first month of the year, you brought rumors home."

Wang took a step back after being yelled at, put down her hand, and exposed her already red and swollen left cheek, trying to get some sympathy from her husband.

"As a result, as soon as you finished speaking, the Han family married off that Han Yaner on the fifth day." Gu Hong raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the second house.

"I don't know what's going on in your mind right now, but I know that you and I won't be able to be husband and wife. Otherwise, you would also hope for the best for my second brother's family like I do."

"Husband, you and I have been in love for eighteen years. Why can't we be husband and wife?" Wang stumbled forward two steps and tried to grab Gu Hong's hand.

However, Gu Hong brushed it away, went into the house, took the brush, closed the door tightly, and left.

"Madam..." Madam Feng supported Wang, who had fallen to the ground, and whispered, "It's not too late for you to wake up now. Hurry and find the old lady to submit. The third master listens to the old lady the most."

"I see he loves to listen to his good second brother the most now." Wang snorted coldly, tears streaming down her face. "Once the old lady passes away and the family is divided, will he still be able to count on others? If a man does not care for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. How can he still be so naive?"

Mother Feng had nothing to say to persuade her at this moment. The Third Madam was already stuck in a dead end and was getting very stuck on it.

But, just now the Third Master said that he couldn’t live with his wife anymore. Does that mean they really want a divorce?

There are two or three concubines in the backyard, and several children. It must be difficult to find a successor, right?

That's not right. Having the title of the Crown Princess's third uncle doesn't seem like something to worry about.

"Madam, please go sit inside first. I'll find some red paper and cut it. When the master comes back, you can be humble and let him write a few more pieces. This matter will be over. It's common for couples to quarrel." Mother Feng said.

"Do we usually have to stop arguing?" Wang said resentfully, "This isn't the first time he's said something like this."

Mother Feng sighed deeply and helped Wang into the house.

*

In the front yard, colleagues who were on good terms with Gu An, or those of the same age, all came to congratulate him.

The Bai family was also very busy at the moment. Several cousins ​​of the Bai family, and even cousins ​​who had not been in contact for many years, also came.

"Oh, Sixth Sister, you are so lucky. You married a man who won the third place in the imperial examination, and now your daughter is going to be the Crown Princess. You must help us in the future."

Mrs. Bai was too lazy to even put on a fake smile. "My daughter went to the Eastern Palace. I was worried all day long. I didn't even dare to let her do anything."

The others also laughed along.

Liu Yinshuang arrived at the Gu Mansion in the evening. At that time, Gu Qinghe was in his own yard, sorting boxes. Yingchun was collecting books, Wangchun was collecting jewelry, and she was collecting the land deeds and banknotes given by her mother.

"Miss, Miss Liu is here." The little maid in the yard trotted in, the red rope on her hair dancing.

"She's really coming tonight." Gu Qinghe walked to the door with a smile.

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