Seeing Hua Tuo's panic, Guo Jia was also surprised. He quickly waved Concubine Ji out, asked Hua Tuo to sit down and said, "Sir, what happened?"
Hua Tuo was in shock. He calmed down for a while, and then his breathing became more regular. He was about to open his mouth to speak, but he hesitated again.
Guo Jia looked at Hua Tuo's appearance, took the cup and poured a glass of wine for Hua Tuo, then picked up the wine cup in his hand and started to drink it leisurely.
Hua Tuo suddenly came back to his senses and whispered: "Tuo has something to do, please ask Mr. Fengxiao for help."
After hearing this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "I am a junior and I really don't dare to call myself in front of Mr. Yuanhua. What on earth happened to make Mr. Yuanhua so rude?"
Hua Tuo licked his lips and finally made up his mind and said, "I just went to the envoy's residence and discovered something terrible."
"The most troublesome thing is that I made a mistake and let many people here know about it!"
After hearing this, Guo Jia became interested and said, "What makes sir so nervous?"
Hua Tuo lowered his voice, "Then Mrs. Cai is pregnant!"
When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Then Mrs. Cai who was kidnapped by the Sun family?"
"This is normal. His appearance is so outstanding. After being caught by Sun Ce, how could he not be touched by it?"
Hua Tuo snorted: "Mr. Fengxiao didn't understand what I meant."
"That's it if that's the case."
"But I looked at her pulse and found that she was pregnant for only one month!"
"What!" Guo Jia reacted immediately, "Sir, are you saying that she got pregnant recently?"
"One month, who is so bold?"
He counted the time with his fingers and suddenly realized: "Isn't this time around the Chinese New Year?"
"In those days, only the female family members came in and out of the palace, except"
"Your Majesty?"
Hua Tuo said with a bitter face: "And me!"
"I treated Mrs. Zhen in those days!"
"Mr. Fengxiao, you must know why I'm panicking. I exposed the envoy's affairs. Looking at Mrs. Zhen's expression, it's obvious that she doesn't know!"
"Now I'm going to die. I've also been to the mansion, and I'm afraid that you will accuse me!"
After hearing this, Guo Jia laughed dumbly and said, "You suspect that if Jun is unable to admit his affair with Mrs. Cai, he will blame it on the husband instead?"
"Sir, are you overthinking it? Although Zhijun is lustful, he really likes Mrs. Cai and can marry her directly. Why hide it from Mrs. Zhen?"
Hua Tuo sighed, "I don't know, but this kind of thing is disgraceful. If I establish the truth, I'm afraid it will be affected if there is a riot later."
Guo Jia sighed, "Mr. Yuanhua, the authorities are confused."
"How old are you, sir?"
Hua Tuo answered honestly: "Fifty-one."
Guo Jia suppressed his laughter and said, "Sir, he is in good spirits and looks like a man in his prime. He obviously maintains good health."
"But sir, have you ever thought that although Mrs. Cai is not young, she is only in her thirties. If she wants to have an affair, she will definitely find someone of similar age."
"Unless your husband coerces her, but with his reputation of practicing medicine for decades, no one would believe that he would do such a thing, right?"
"So even if the young master looks for someone to cover the vat, he will not go to the gentleman."
"So, sir, it can be considered a slip of the tongue at best, and the young master will not take it as an excuse."
After hearing this, Hua Tuo felt relieved and wiped his sweat and said, "What you said makes sense, but Tuo thinks too much."
He was still a little worried: "In this case, does this matter have nothing to do with me?"
Guo Jia thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say."
"If the young master really has an affair with this Cai family, but does not give her a title, it means that he still has some concerns."
"But he kept her in the house. He was obviously very interested. I'm afraid he didn't expect Mrs. Cai to become pregnant."
"The next step is for the young master to either directly admit it himself, or to try to cover up the matter first."
"I thought that if the young master doesn't want to admit it for the time being, he would find a way to find someone to take the blame, but it can't be sir."
"Because my husband knew that Mrs. Cai was pregnant, it would be more likely to cause problems if he took the blame, so he would most likely find someone else."
After hearing Guo Jia's words, Hua Tuo finally felt relieved and couldn't help but extend his thumbs up and praise: "Mr. Fengxiao is indeed very resourceful and insightful of people's hearts!"
While the two were talking and laughing, the door of the room was knocked again, and Guo Jia said: "Come in!"
It was the concubine from before who pushed the door open. She said in a loud voice: "There is someone coming from your residence and wants your husband to come."
After hearing this, Guo Jia stood up and said with a smile: "It seems that because of this matter, you want me to give you some advice."
He asked casually: "Who is coming?"
The concubine replied: "The personal guard at your side is Sun Li."
Guo Jia's movements suddenly stopped.
Sun Li rarely left Yuan Xi's side, so why did he call him?
Wouldn't it be enough to just send a servant as normal?
He and Hua Tuo looked at each other, their faces gradually turning pale.
Yuan Xi called him over because he wanted to find someone to take the blame, right?
Are you looking for me?
Damn, why are you looking for me? Is it because I have a bad reputation?
The more Guo Jia thinks about it, the more likely it becomes. He has a reputation for being lewd, so who would he look for if he wasn't looking for him?
Guo Jia was stunned. He had been coaxing and bragging for a long time, but in the end, the pot fell on him?
Hua Tuo also felt something was wrong, stood up and said, "Shall I accompany Fengxiao there?"
Guo Jia sighed, "It doesn't matter whether Mr. Yuanhua goes or not at this time. I'd better go there alone and see what the young master does."
Yuan Xi was waiting in the room when he saw Sun Li come in and said that Guo Jia had arrived.
When Guo Jia entered the door, he found that Zhen Mi was also there. He was shocked and confused. What was going on?
Yuan Xi and Guo Jia exchanged a few words and first talked about Xian Yufu's arrival.
After listening to what Yuan Xi said to Xian Yufu, Guo Jia said: "Young master's response is no problem. Now that Youzhou has many forces, Yan Rou and Xian Yufu are indeed worthy of fighting for."
He was about to say that if he could still use Gongsun Zan's widow, Hou Shi, things would be simpler.
Nowadays, Gongsun Zan's remnant forces are like lost dogs. Everyone is shouting and beating them throughout Youzhou. Some of them are forced to live in hiding in various places. Some of them occupy a place. Now only Yuan Xi has the ability to annex them.
First of all, no one except Yuan Xi dared to accept these remnants, because this would be tantamount to openly opposing the Yuan family.
Secondly, after Qu Yi was killed, the soldiers under his command who had died first were either dispersed and integrated by Yuan Shao, or simply fled. Many people simply defected to Gongsun Zan in order to avenge Qu Yi.
Gongsun Zan did not dare to trust them completely, so he sent these people to Youzhou to defend the city, so they did not appear in the battle of Yijing.
If Yuan Xi finds these people and uses Qu Yi to lead them, he will definitely get an extremely loyal team.
But Guo Jia changed his mind and swallowed his words again. There needs to be a legitimate reason to incorporate Gongsun Zan's forces.
After all, the Yuan family single-handedly eliminated Gongsun Zan. If Yuan Xi wanted to have an explanation, he must give the Hou family a title.
The most direct thing was to marry the Hou family. This was something Cao Cao and other princes had done, but Guo Jia knew that it would be a bit embarrassing if he said this at this time.
After all, was it really because of Yan Rou Xian Yufu's affairs that Yuan Xi called him here at this time?
As expected by Guo Jia, Yuan Xi said a few more words and changed the topic: "Sir, do you know what happened in my inner house?"
Guo Jia's heart came, and he bit the bullet and said: "I know a little bit."
Yuan Xi couldn't help but glance at Zhen Mi. He thought to himself that Guo Jia was really a smart man. He guessed what he said before he even spoke.
He was still unsure, so he asked: "What about Mrs. Cai?"
Guo Jia nodded and said, "Exactly."
Yuan Xi didn't expect Guo Jia to admit it so readily, so he asked, "What do you think we should do, sir?"
Guo Jia gritted his teeth secretly, "You asked me what to do. Doesn't this make it clear that I want to take the blame?"
You bastard, you ask me to come up with ideas all day without telling you, do you want me to wipe your ass for this kind of thing?
If I had known that being your counselor would be so tiring, I should have just laid down!
Regardless of the conflict between heaven and man in Guo Jia's heart, Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhen Mi proudly.
Look, let me just say it was Guo Jia who did it!
When Zhen Mi saw it, she apologized and said, "It turns out that I made the mistake of blaming my husband."
She turned to Guo Jia: "I would like to ask, sir, are you and Mrs. Cai in love?"
Guo Jia thought to himself that he was indeed here. The young master is really vicious. He didn’t ask questions himself but asked his wife to do so. He is indeed worthy of his majestic appearance!
He stammered: "Jia, Jia, Jia is ashamed."
Forget it, what a bastard, the young master is not a human being, so I can only hold my nose and admit it. Who gives me a bad reputation?
After hearing this, Yuan Xi asked doubtfully: "The meaning of Mr. Cai's words is that he doesn't intend to give Mrs. Cai a title?"
"What about the baby in her belly?"
Guo Jia thought, "Who knows what to do? Do you still want me to raise your own child?"
Suddenly he had an idea. Could this be the opportunity Yuan Xi gave him?
On that day, the young master wanted to adopt his own child Guo Yi as his adopted son. In the future, Guo Yi would benefit a lot from it. Now the young master asked him to raise his biological son for him. Isn't this an exchange?
Guo Jia became confused, raised his head slightly and glanced at Zhen Mi, wondering if this girl from the Zhen family was so jealous, couldn't she usually see it?
Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and felt that he had completely figured it out!
If Mrs. Cai gives birth to a son, the child will be the eldest son of the concubine in the future.
However, this created a huge problem. Although Han law stipulated the inheritance system of the eldest son, it was not uncommon for concubines to inherit family property.
Because it is too easy for the eldest son to get into trouble, die young, get sick, or suffer plots, countless problems will arise around the family property, which is fine for ordinary people's families because they don't inherit much in the first place.
But the bigger the family, the greater the temptation of family property. At the level of the emperor, in order to compete for the position of emperor, things become even more bloody and cruel.
At present, Mrs. Zhen does not have an heir, but Mrs. Cai does. If it is really a son, things will be troublesome.
If Mrs. Zhen never has a son, the matter will be even more terrible. Who will inherit the position of the Yuan family? Will Mrs. Zhen end up like Empress Lu?
Taking the Han Dynasty as an example, although the queen could not give birth to a child, she could recognize the children of other concubines as her own. However, the biological mother of this child was often killed early to prevent her from affecting her own parents and children in the future and taking away the queen's power.
Liu Xie, Liu Bian, Wang Meiren, Queen Mother He and Queen Mother Dong all fought over this matter. In the end, only Liu Xie died, and the world was in chaos.
Only then did Guo Jia realize that this was a dispute over family property and status, and the young master had a grand plan, so he must be on guard against this kind of thing.
Only then did Guo Jia realize that the young master let himself take the blame for this matter out of trust in himself!