MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 535 amulet

His self-deprecating smile made the four of them feel uncomfortable, but they also knew that what Guo Xiang said was the truth.

“Grandpa, please don’t say this. You are just in trouble for a while. When you recover, there are still many things in this court that will depend on you.”

"Are you talking nonsense again? Your Majesty is in his prime, but my grandfather is declining. There is no one among you brothers who is particularly provocative, so the burden of the Guo family will still fall on your shoulders in the future. Although you are young, but Regardless of courage or ability, he is the best among the brothers, so I called you, Shaoyu, and your respective wives to come over today because I have something to entrust."

Gu Shaoyu guessed it, so he said to Mr. Guo very respectfully.

“Grandpa Guo, don’t worry, as long as I’m here, I will definitely help each other with the brothers of the Guo family.”

His words gave Guo Xiang a lot of comfort, because asking people to do things and others asking for them are two different things, so Guo Xiang took Gu Shaoyu's hand with great gratitude and said.

"I read you right. If the Guo family is in trouble in the future, I hope you can help me."

"I know."

The words of Mr. Guo also made Xue Niang and Du Jingyi feel unspeakably sad. Although they also knew that the Guo family would not be like before, the fact that Mr. Guo opened his mouth to mention the suffering was really worrying.

But Guo Silang was obviously still a boy with a young temper, so he said to Mr. Guo.

"No, no, no, my grandson will definitely protect this family."

Guo Xiang touched his head lovingly, sighed and took out a key, then divided it into two parts and said.

"This key locks two secret edicts left by the emperor who founded the sect. It can be said to be a talisman. One of them is for your Gu family. Yan Gang specially sent it to me before he went on the expedition and asked me to keep it for him. I didn't expect this safekeeping. It has been more than ten years. Now that the thing has returned to its original owner, you took it and hid it. If one day in the future, His Majesty turns his back and ruthlessly insists on causing trouble, just take it to save your lives. He will not forgive you. Dare to disobey the founding emperor’s order!”

 At this point, Guo Xiang handed over the key. It was not big, but it was heavy.

Gu Shaoyu took it, and Guo Silang also said straightforwardly.

"Let the sixth brother and the sixth sister-in-law take care of Enzhi. Now the Guo family is very eye-catching. If outsiders find out, something may happen."

Xue Niang also meant the same thing, so she looked at Du Jingyi with hope that they could accept the key.

Gu Shaoyu and Du Jingyi looked at each other. They were willing to take on some responsibilities, so they took over.

Gu Shaoyu was about to assemble his army and set off, so the custody of the key fell into Du Jingyi's hands, so she solemnly said to Guo Xiang.

“Grandpa Guo, don’t worry, as long as I’m around, I won’t let anything go wrong with this gracious decree.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll leave it to you and I’ll feel relieved.”

 A few coughs followed, but they were much lighter than before, as if they were spitting out all the turbid air in the body.

After staying at Guo's house for a while, the couple left.

When they left, no one knew what they took with them, and everyone in the Guo family was still worried about family matters, and these were matters that Guo Xiang had to deal with, so it was not easy for them to stay.

 While driving, the couple opened the box that had been sealed for a long time.

 In the box lay two imperial edicts quietly. They were not big, but they were written by the emperor who founded the sect himself. They also had the imperial seal on them, so they couldn't be faked. Du Jingyi sighed and said.

"This is the third imperial edict I have received. The first one was left in the Duke's Mansion when the general just returned. The second one is that the general conferred the title of first-class duke, and I also received the imperial edict."

The first two times were all spectacular, but this time it was a bit dark.

 It is really the world that is impermanent.

Gu Shaoyu held her hand back and said.

 “Put it away, this is more important than anything else.”

 “I know it.”

The clatter of horse hooves was still running through the streets as before, but the mood of the couple had changed a lot.

On the third day after returning from the Guo family, Gu Shaoyu took the Huben Army and set off to leave Sui'an City. When leaving, the emperor fulfilled his promise and saw him off at the city gate in person.

 The common people were also watching the fun, and beside Du Jingyi stood the Du family members and children, who also bid farewell to her husband with red eyes.

After leaving, I don’t know when he will come back, but Gu Shaoyu left Liu Xun behind, just in case anything happened, so that he could communicate with Sui’an City.

When the Hu Ben Army left, it raised a lot of yellow dust. For them, it was an ordinary attack, but for the emperor's government, it was a complete release.

The days passed day by day, with Mr. Wen You watching and Aunt Wu watching the children, so they made progress every day, and Du Jingyi was busy with the autumn harvest, so he didn't have much time to mourn the spring and autumn.

 On the other hand, a lot of things happened in the imperial court, which made Sui'an City very different from what it used to be.

 First of all, Prime Minister Guo resigned from office. On the pretext of recuperating from illness, he withdrew from the court that he had been running for decades, and took many members of the Guo family away from Sui'an City.

 No one knows why they moved their family. They only know that the entire Guo family became quite empty after leaving.

 Only Guo Silang's family was left, so Xue Niang had to step up and cooperate with her mother-in-law to manage the family affairs, so she quickly grew into a capable daughter-in-law of the Guo family within a few months.

The departure of the Guo family meant that the old ministers in the court had to step aside one after another. Therefore, the new favorite ministers headed by Dingpinghou became the mainstay of the court, and the position of prime minister after Guo Xiang left was also Became the target pursued by everyone.

The Marquis of Dingping intends to promote one of his own to the throne, and the eldest son of the Xing family is also determined to win this position, so even the nearest Xing Zhao is busy running around to build momentum for the eldest uncle in the family.

 There was endless debate outside the palace, and the palace was not idle either.

Originally the most favored concubine in the palace was Concubine Xing, but now there is also Concubine Jia Gui who was sent to the palace by the Dingping Marquis Mansion. The two of them are in a fierce battle, and the noisy harem has taken sides.

What's more, I don't know where the rumors came from, it was said that one of the four concubines would give up the throne to Jia Gui's concubine, so people were panicking, and people were speculating whether the concubine's position would really change. At that time, the Queen was keeping a low profile as always.

In the Changchun Palace, within three years, the queen had tidied up the place, leaving no trace of the former Queen Guo's presence. Her presence was everywhere.