She walked in slowly, knelt on the futon next to her aunt-in-law, and whispered: "Mom, I'm back."
The eldest lady only had eyes for the memorial tablet of Lord Zhen Guo, and said, "How is this journey going?"
Gu Yu said: "If mother doesn't turn around and look at me, how can she know if I am okay?"
Then Gu Yu met an almost unfamiliar aunt.
Her face was sad, with undried tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, her temples were gray, and her eyes were hollow, as if she had aged more than ten years, and it seemed that in the next second, she would leave with her father, Duke Zhen Guo.
Gu Yu felt that such an aunt was very strange. In her impression, the eldest lady of the Zhenguo Palace had always been dignified and serious, and even the motherly demeanor shown to her and her sister was restrained.
She was originally the legitimate daughter raised by the Ji family in Jingyang, and every move she made seemed to be measured with a ruler. I heard that she was hailed as a model of dignity by many noble ladies when she was young.
Gu Yu asked cautiously: "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
The eldest lady closed her eyes, held back the tears, and forced a smile to Gu Yu, but the smile was uglier than crying.
Gu Yudao: "Is mother feeling unwell? Do you want me to call Doctor Leng to come and take a look?"
The eldest lady shook her head and swallowed: "It's nothing, mother just sees you being so successful and feels a little sad."
Gu Yu's heart dropped a little, probably because she came back from Jiangnan and was about to seize the title, which made her mother feel a little emotional.
Gu Yudao: "I have made great achievements in the south of the Yangtze River. The Holy Spirit said that I can take advantage of the autumn sacrifice and grant me a great gift and seal."
Although she was very restrained, there was inevitably a hint of pride in her tone, and a hint of desire to be praised.
After hearing this, the eldest lady did not feel happy, but her heart became even more painful. She touched Gu Yu's shoulder, then touched Gu Yu's eyes and said, "My son, you have worked hard."
It was the first time that Gu Yu was treated so affectionately by her aunt. She rubbed her cheek against her palm and said, "Mom, it's not hard."
The eldest lady said: "I read the Di newspaper. You have been defending Tongning County for a long time. It was Captain Shao who sent reinforcements in time and saved the entire city."
Thinking of the days when she was driven almost crazy by the rebels, Gu Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "The situation was very dangerous at that time. Fortunately, he arrived in time and forced the rebels back."
The eldest lady murmured: "Is it in time?"
Gu Yu sighed in her heart, how could she say it was timely? She and Junze made such a big fuss in Tongning County, and the imperial reinforcements should have arrived long ago.
But they had to wait until they couldn't hold on any longer and spread the rumors that the Holy Mother's obscene harem was spread, before the reinforcements were willing to speed up their pace.
But the experience was too dangerous. Since she came back alive, she didn't want to say more, which would have made her aunt worry.
Gu Yudao: "It's quite timely."
The eldest lady looked at Gu Yu, as if she wanted to see another person through her eyes, and said, "Fortunately, you came back alive."
Gu Yu felt that something was wrong with her aunt today and said, "Mother, what happened to you today."
The eldest lady opened her mouth, but still did not say the matter, and said: "I miss your father. Your eyes are most like your father. They are both red and phoenix eyes. What I like best is your father's eyes."
Even Aunt Su would complain from time to time that her father died too early. But as the eldest lady of the Zhenguo Palace, her mother rarely mentioned it.
My father, Gu Junyi, is like a taboo to my mother. It's not that I don't want to mention it, but once I mention it, it will only cause sadness.
Gu Yudao: "If my father is away, I will always stay with my mother."
The eldest lady sighed and said, "Come and kowtow to your father. If your father is alive in heaven, he will be very happy to see you doing so well."
Gu Yu faced the tomb of his father, Duke Gu Junyi, and kowtowed three times solemnly.
Then Gu Yu said to his aunt, "Mother, the ancestral hall is shady and cool. You are in poor health. Let me help you go back."
The eldest lady shook her head and said, "I want to talk to your father again, so you should go back first."
Gu Yudao: "Okay, mother, don't stay too long."
Not long after Gu Yu left the ancestral hall, Dr. Leng came to the ancestral hall with his body hunched over and asked: "Madam, have you told the prince?"
The eldest lady knelt on the ground, bursting into tears, and cried: "I can't say it, how can I say it? You see, her shoulders are so thin, but she has to support the entire Zhenguo Palace. I owe her enough."
, how could I have the heart to tell her."
Doctor Leng just let out a long sigh.
The grief and guilt in the eldest lady's heart broke out at this moment, and she said: "When she was brought to me, she was only a little older. I watched her lose her nature and become like a boy. She is not yet twenty years old this year.
, she is also a girl."
Doctor Leng said: "Madam, Prince Gu is not old, but he is calm and steady. She will understand."
The eldest lady still shook her head and said: "Of course she will understand. She has been sensible since she was a child. No matter what I asked her to do, she would do it obediently and never cry out about pain or pain. She gave her whole life to the town.
The Duke's Mansion, but as for me, apart from giving her one burden after another and letting her bear it through gritted teeth, what else did I give her?"
Doctor Leng said: "Do you plan to give up, madam?"
The eldest lady's cries became more and more painful, and she screamed sadly at the memorial tablet: "My lord."
Doctor Leng said: "Madam, since you can't let it go, someone has to do it. You can't do it, and I can't do it. Only the eldest lady and the prince can do it. In fact, the eldest lady is the most suitable candidate.
, because you were soft-hearted and refused to tell the eldest lady, now you can only fall on the crown prince."
The eldest lady almost cried to death. She covered her heart tightly and said: "I am not a human being, I am an animal. I can't let go of my own daughter, but let other people's daughters do it."
Doctor Leng said: "The prince is not someone else's daughter, she is the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo."
The eldest lady kept crying.
Doctor Leng said: "Madam, think about it carefully, I will go back first."
Before taking two steps, the eldest lady said: "Wait a minute, she just came back from Jiangnan, and she was a little excited because of the Holy Lord's approval just now. Let her breathe a sigh of relief."
Doctor Leng endured the pain in his heart. He had also watched Gu Yu grow up and followed her to study medicine in the medicine furnace. She was small and shook her head while reciting the soup song.
She knew since she was a child that her path would not be easy, so she had the mentality of having too many skills and learning a little bit of everything. She always lamented that she did not have the talent to study medicine.
Such a good child would be pampered in every home, but in the Zhenguo Palace, he was forced to grow up.
Dr. Leng said: "Okay, I can wait for twenty years. I can wait for a few more days."
Doctor Leng left, but the lady was still crying in the ancestral hall, like a cuckoo crying for blood, with a plaintive voice.
On the other side, Gu Yu took a comfortable bath and wiped her hair when she came out. Luo Yan came over and said, "Your Majesty, Doctor Xiao Leng is here, do you want to see him?"