MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 533 mental stability

 Guo Silang nodded, feeling like he had found support again, so he looked at Dingping Hou and others who were still talking happily on the other side, with disdain in his eyes.

Mr. Li is also a human spirit, so why can't he see the conflict between the two factions? Although his family is said to be related to the Duke of Guo's Mansion by marriage, after all, if you count the families in Sui'an City, they all have some differences. The relationship is there, so naturally there will be no stalemate with the Dingping Marquis Mansion.

“Master Hou, give me some face. It’s a great day, so be polite.”

"Master Li, I naturally give you face, otherwise I wouldn't have come to congratulate you so early in the morning. However, I give you face, and I don't think others will give you face, for example, Mr. Guo, Even if no one comes, we should have sent the Guo family’s elder brother to come. If I just come here, I won’t give you any face at all.”

“Their eldest son has something to do temporarily, so he naturally has to go to work. The fourth son who comes here is also the grandson who is very favored by Prime Minister Guo on weekdays. Same, same!”

Mr. Li was naturally laughing. When the Marquis of Dingping saw this, he was too lazy to say anything more.

 After taking one look at Guo Silang, he withdrew his eyes and chatted with the people in front of him about other things.

 A big battle was stopped in this way. The people of the Li family naturally wanted to take a breather, so the birthday banquet was held with all their strength from morning till night.

Before lunch, the emperor also asked Eunuch Liu to deliver the imperial edict and gifts from the palace, which was considered to be a great favor to the Li family. At the same time, he also brought a picture of a hundred sons congratulating birthdays drawn by Empress Li Bin, which heightened the atmosphere. High Point.

After the people of the Li family thanked the emperor for the favor, they were ready to send Eunuch Liu out. Who knew that before leaving, Eunuch Liu went to Gu Shaoyu and said a few words. No one else heard clearly, but Mr. Li But he understands it very well.

“Your Majesty said that the general should go to the palace to have breakfast with him early tomorrow morning.”

Such a favor, in the eyes of outsiders, Gu Shaoyu's favor is still as good as ever, but he also knows that this meal will not be a simple breakfast.

 “I obey the decree.”

With Eunuch Liu leaving, the courtiers who had just been considering whether to cause trouble again in front of Gu Shaoyu were now very quiet.

The Marquis of Dingping was left standing there, and he and Gu Shaoyu were quite incompatible.

 The adults were not happy, but the children had been playing all day, and on the way home, everyone was so tired that they almost fell asleep.

The three brothers shouted to ask their eldest cousin to go back to sleep with them, and Du Jingyi naturally agreed happily.

He Qianyun wanted to go back to his hometown, but he still had to get his mother's consent, so he looked at Du Jingxiang with a somewhat pitiful expression. Du Jingxiang originally didn't agree with it, but it could be seen from the children's expressions that he really didn't want to affect their good mood today. , so it can only be agreed.

 The children were so happy that they rode in the same carriage and hurried back to play.

The couple picked up people when they came, and naturally sent the Du family back first when they left. By the time they turned back, the sky was already a little dark.

 While the carriage and horse were driving, the couple chatted about today's events.

"General, tomorrow will be the first time since Xiaoman's death that the general will enter the palace. What should he prepare for?"

"No need, I'll go back as soon as I can. But on this trip, I don't think I can stay in Sui'an City for much longer."

"What's the meaning?"

"For three years, Your Majesty has been trying to add people to the Huben Army, but unfortunately he couldn't find a suitable opportunity. Now that he has chosen me to have a meal when he comes back, he is afraid that he will have to go to other places to expand the army."

"The general is saying that your majesty may ask you to go back to Cezhou?" "If you really go back to Cezhou, I would be satisfied, but I don't think so. It is most likely to go to Qizhou and Wangzhou."

The armies in these two places are absolutely royal forces, so if you want to interfere with the Huben army, how can you do it without arranging some of his own people?

When Du Jingyi heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

“After three years of quiet, the wind will eventually blow.”

Gu Shaoyu didn’t say anything more, he just gave instructions.

“Grandpa Guo is ill again. It’s true that we can go and see him when we have time. He has been through life and death together with his grandparents, so the Daxing Dynasty will feel more stable when he is here.”

"I know this, so prepare some good medicinal materials when you get back. You can go to Guo's house at any time."

 The couple were mentally prepared for the crisis they might encounter, so they were not caught off guard.

On the second day, when Gu Shaoyu came out of the palace, it turned out to be pretty much what he had guessed.

Gu Shaoyu was ordered to mobilize the army to Wangzhou for half a year to reorganize the army and improve military performance.

It sounds like it was half a year ago, but in fact there is no accurate time to return to Beijing, so I don't know how long I will go, so I visited various mansions in the past two days in the name of visiting relatives.

The Du family and the Duke's Mansion went there diligently, but neither of them attracted much attention.

On the day when the couple went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, as soon as Gu Shaoyu entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, he met the emperor himself who came to visit Prime Minister Guo specially.

That’s just right.

 After three years of absence, when Du Jingyi saw the emperor again, he originally thought it might be at the palace banquet at the end of the year.

Who would have thought that while she was still playing with the children in Xueniang's yard, she saw the servants of the Guo family hurriedly came to report that a distinguished guest was coming, and asked everyone in the Guo family to wait in the front hall.

 With the status of the Guo family, it is not a simple role that can be asked to wait for them.

At first, Xue Niang and the others thought that the Queen Mother was coming. Who knew that the person who came through the door would be the Emperor? Therefore, everyone’s heads lowered even more obviously.

"My grandfather has been ill for several days and has not gone to court. I am very worried, so I came out of the palace to have a look today. Unexpectedly, I went to see Shaoyu together."

 Guo Xiang coughed. He was no longer as scheming as before. He looked more like an old man recuperating at home. At this moment, he was forced to open the door to welcome guests.

“Your Majesty, you have a high status now, how can you go out just because you want to go out? If anything happens, wouldn’t you make me feel guilty and die?”

“What’s not to say about death? Grandpa is talking nonsense again. You should live longer and watch me manage Daxing better.”

When they heard these words in the past, most of the Guo family were still excited, but now, the overt and covert suppression in the past three years has made them aware of it. The Guo family is going to end up being cooked by the cunning rabbit, so it is not possible. Don't hold out any hope anymore.

Gu Shaoyu stood next to Guo Xiang. Before he sat down and said a few words, the emperor came, so naturally the topic was brought to him again.