After being forced to marry the prince

"Speaking of which." Back to business, Lin Huan said a little strangely, "The emperor just wants the general to have no heirs. Why did he choose the Nine Kings?"

As we all know, the Nine Kings have always been favored by the Holy Majesty.

Ze An Yu sneered and said:

"The emperor was really willing to marry King Ke into the general's mansion directly as a man."

In this way, even if a caring person knows the purpose behind this marriage at a glance, he may have to admit that the emperor has given enough face to the general's mansion.

Gu Baiji didn't say anything, the problem his friend said was exactly what confused him, but after getting along with him these few days, he had a faint feeling that the problem might not be as simple as they said.

In the General's Mansion, the early spring was warm and it was a rare fine weather. Chu Wu asked someone to set up a few big dustpans in the yard. After drying the herbs in them, he got up and walked to the backyard.

When Gu Qing came over, he saw the prince squatting among the flowers and plants, turning over the soil with a wooden stick in one hand.

"My lord, what are you?"

Gu Qing squatted down next to him, watching his movements with some puzzlement.

Chu Wudao: "I see that this piece of flowers grows the best in this yard, is it related to this piece of soil?"

Gu Qing nodded, "It should be, the flowers and plants in this area will grow more prosperous every year."

"That's just right." Chu Wudao said, "There is a steward Lao Gu who will let me take care of this piece of land, and I will plant other things."

"Okay, I'll let someone come over and tidy up." Gu Qing didn't blink at the famous flowers and plants in this yard.The general had previously ordered that everything in the mansion be done according to the prince's wishes.

Wen Cui, who was on the side, wanted to say something, but saw that the housekeeper had no objection, so she wisely stopped.

After Gu Qing got up and ordered to go down, he turned back to Chu Wudao, "My lord, this is a snack that was just delivered from the kitchen, do you want to have a taste first?"

"it is good."

Hearing this, Gu Qing took the food box in his hand to the pavilion next to it. The pavilion was built under the flower wall, with curtains hanging on all sides, and a charcoal fire inside, making it very warm and comfortable.

After Gu Qing put the food box on the table, he went out again, took hot water from the handmaid's hand to serve Chu Wujing, and said:

"The lord just calls out the slave's first and last name."

"Okay." Chu Wucong was kind, stretched out his hand to the arch of the courtyard wall, and asked, "Gu Qing, who is that kid?"

"Huh?" Gu Qing raised his head subconsciously, followed Chu Wu's line of sight, and saw a pink and jade-carved girl standing at the arch of the courtyard wall at some point, about five or six years old, wearing pink clothes Dress, with delicate buns, a pair of big round eyes are looking at this side without blinking.

Seeing the two people looking over, they were not stage-frightened, they raised their eyebrows at Chu Wu and showed a big smile.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "That's the general's younger sister, her maiden name is Nanshu."

Chu Wu had indeed heard about the fact that Gu Baiji had a younger sister. It is said that her mother died as soon as she was born, and Gu Baiji himself has been raising her.

Chu Wu beckoned to the child, Gu Nanshu immediately ran over bouncing around, stood a few steps away from Chu Wu, and asked cautiously:

"You are so pretty, are you my sister-in-law?"

The maidservant who had been looking for her saw her hurriedly looking for her here. Hearing that she was afraid that she would offend the prince, she hurriedly saluted Chu Wu:

"My lord's forgiveness, it's all the maidservant's fault, I didn't take good care of the little lady."

"It's okay."

Chu Wu waved her to go down, then took the handkerchief from Gu Qing's hand, knelt down and wiped off the mud on Gu Nanshu's face that had just rubbed against the courtyard wall, and corrected her with a smile:

"Hey, call me brother."

Unexpectedly, Gu Nanshu was quite stubborn, she shook her head and said in a childlike voice, "But Nanshu already has an older brother, and now she wants a beautiful sister-in-law."

Chu Wu: "..."

Before he could speak, Gu Nanshu continued: "Ayu said before that only a sister-in-law can become a family with my brother and me."

Gu Qing explained in a low voice at the side that Ayu is the maid just now who has been taking care of Gu Nanshu.

And the little Gu Nanshu thought very clearly that she liked to watch this beautiful brother, as long as she insisted on calling her sister-in-law, this beautiful brother would be her family, and she could watch it every day from now on.

Chu Wu had absolutely no resistance to the cute creature and this cute explanation. He felt that he could call it whatever he wanted, but it didn't matter anyway.

He led Gu Nanshu into the pavilion, picked up a piece of snack and handed it to her, and said softly, "Eat slowly, be careful not to choke."

Holding the pastry in both hands, Gu Nanshu replied softly, "Thank you sister-in-law."

On the other side, after ordering the family boy to send the snacks back, Gu Baiji paused for a moment, and then turned around and went upstairs when he saw the figure who had been following behind him leave without a sound.

Ze An Yu asked curiously:

"What is the general doing?"

Gu Baiji said: "This store's new snacks are good, let me send some back."

Ze An Yu came to a sudden: "Is it sent to Xiao Nanshu?"

Gu Baiji also didn't explain, now that Chu Wu lived in his mansion, he naturally wouldn't just put people aside and ignore them, he would send people to send some good things over if he came across any good things.

On the one hand, it was because people were injured because of him after all, and more importantly, the emperor had been paying close attention to him these days. Obviously, his attitude towards Chu Wu was extremely valued by the other party.

He asked Lin Huan: "What happened to the investigation before?"

Speaking of this, Lin Huan was also a little puzzled: "As before, I searched secretly for so many years, from princesses to court ladies, but I couldn't find the woman you mentioned, the general, and there were very few who matched her age. few."

In fact, if Gu Baiji hadn't said it affirmatively, he would have doubted whether such a person existed.

Although Gu Baiji was disappointed when he heard the words, he hadn't had any clues for so many years, so it was expected in the end.

When we returned to the General’s Mansion, the sun was already in the west. As soon as Gu Baiji entered the courtyard, he saw the maid Wen Cui standing aside, saw him hurriedly saluted and said:

"My servant has seen the general!"

"Is something wrong?"

"General." Wen Cui softly called out, and then seemed a bit embarrassed, and said after deliberation, "General, you want to see the prince?"

"No..." Gu Baiji paused and asked, "Why, but what's the problem with the prince?"

Wen Cui seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said euphemistically:

"General, let's go and see for ourselves!"

Gu Baiji rushed to the main courtyard and saw Chu Renren squatting in a pile of pickled weeds. He was relieved first, and then his attention fell on the weeds in his hand. It's hard to say.

"What is your lord doing?"

Chu Wushou carefully placed the herb in the pit with one hand, and after digging and covering it, he replied:

"Grow some herbs."

"You haven't healed yet, but what's the matter?"

"It's okay, Gu Qing will help me."

Gu Baiji asked again: "Where are the flowers and plants planted here before?"

"Pull it out." Chu Wu thought for a while and then explained, "Don't worry, my lord, these herbs are non-toxic."

Gu Baiji was amused when he heard the words, "You pulled out Gu Qing and didn't say anything?"

This piece of soil is of good quality. Previously, the most valuable flowers and plants in the entire General's Mansion were planted here, and some of the orchids were found by him himself.

"No." Chu Wu paused and explained, "I helped transplant those flowers and plants to other places. Although they may not grow well here, they are definitely not hurt."